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.),
n. (Min.) The act or process of producing schiller in a mineral mass. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The horse which goes between the thills, or shafts, and supports them; also, the last horse in a team; -- called also