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vulcanic, a.|vʌlˈkænɪk|
[In sense 1 ad. F. vulcanique, It. (also Pg.) vulcanico, f. It. vulcano volcano. In sense 2 f. L. Vulcān-us Vulcan n.]
1. = volcanic a. 2 b.
1774Phil. Trans. LXV. 24 The vulcanic districts of Auvergne and Velay..afford proofs enough of the truth of this opinion. Ibid. 27, I have already observed, that there are many vulcanic mountains of a totally different form from the common volcanos. 1888Doughty Arabia Deserta I. 20 Of such vulcanic breaches there are many in these limestone downs. Ibid. 21 The Belka chalk is changed by the vulcanic heat.
2. Of or belonging to, having the character of, Vulcan. (With initial capital.)
1807Europ. Mag. LII. 469/2 What tho' with Vulcanic knocking Thou still may bring forth many a thought. 1866R. S. Hawker in C. E. Byles Life & Lett. xxiii. (1905) 547 The great majority of Vassals of his own which exists in this Vulcanic [i.e. manufacturing] nation.
b. Of or pertaining to fire; fiery.
1866Lowell Carlyle Prose Wks. 1890 II. 83 Even the burning of a meeting-house, in itself a vulcanic rarity, could not..tickle his outworn palate. 1867J. B. Rose tr. Virgil's æneid 224 Vulcan begot him—in vulcanic lair He breathed forth flame. |