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. [ G. See Shilling. ] Any one of several small German and Dutch coins, worth from about one and a half cents to about five cents. [ 1913 Webster ]