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vulcanist|ˈvʌlkənɪst|
[In early use f. Vulcan n. + -ist. In sense 3 ad. F. vulcaniste, var. of volcaniste volcanist.]
†1. One who works by fire; spec. an alchemist, a blacksmith. Obs.
1593Harvey Pierce's Super. Wks. (Grosart) II. 177 The Country affordeth sufficient prouision of water, to encounter the terriblest Vulcanist, that brandisheth a burning sword, or a fierie tongue. 1594Plat Jewell-ho. ii. 23, I perswade my selfe, that no philosophicall vulcanist, or perfect paracelsian, will ever finde any true magisterie, tincture, quintessence or Arcanum therein. 1603Dekker Wonderf. Yeare C 2 b, What Mechanicall hardhanded Vulcanist but perswaded himselfe to bee Maister of the Company.
2. One who is lame, as Vulcan was.
1656Artif. Handsom. 60 Your Laps Charity doth not reprove, but pity those poor Vulcanists, who ballance the inequality of their heels, or badger leggs, by the art and help of the shoemaker.
3. = volcanist 1.
1802Playfair Illustr. Huttonian The. 3 Their followers have of late been distinguished by the fanciful names of Vulcanists and Neptunists. 1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 90 In addition to volcanic heat, to which the Vulcanists formerly attributed too much influence, we must allow for the effect of mechanical pressure [etc.]. 1884Sir L. Playfair in Gd. Words Feb. 93/1 Vulcanists of the old school would be equally perplexed, because petroleum is so volatile that..it would be dissipated. 1969New Yorker 19 Apr. 52/2 Baldwin..was the first person to suggest convincingly that meteors might have made many of the moon's craters; previously, almost all selenologists had been vulcanists. 1971Nature 27 Aug. 600/3 Although there is now a vast amount of data on the physics, chemistry and shape of the Moon, the ‘vulcanists’ and ‘impacters’ at the symposium on this subject seem to be as widely divided as ever. |