*hille*

n. 1. a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the seige of Troy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. Achillis tendo. ] (Anat.) The strong tendon formed of the united tendons of the large muscles in the calf of the leg, an inserted into the bone of the heel; -- so called from the mythological account of Achilles being held by the heel when dipped in the River Styx. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Paint.) Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called “blooming.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nickname given to any “poor white” living in the pine woods which cover the sandy hills in Georgia and South Carolina. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G., play of colors. ] (Min.) The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals, as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is sometimes of secondary origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Schiller spar (Min.), an altered variety of enstatite, exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronzelike luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) The act or process of producing schiller in a mineral mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; -- so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks. [ Irish ] [ Written also shillaly, and shillely. ] [ 1913 Webster ]