{ Ol"i*gist (?), Ol`i*gis"tic (?), }
a. [Gr. ?, superl. of ? few, little: cf. F.
oligiste.] (Min.)Of or pertaining to
hematite.
Ol"i*gist (?), n. [See Oligist,
a.] (Min.)Hematite or specular iron
ore; -- prob. so called in allusion to its feeble magnetism,
as compared with magnetite.