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Vulcann.adj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Volcānus. Etymology: < classical Latin Volcānus, Vulcānus, the name of Vulcan, god of fire, son of Jupiter and Juno, also as common noun denoting fire or flames, in post-classical Latin also in Vulcanus mons ‘mount Vulcan’, as a name of Mount Etna (7th cent.). In sense A. 3 originally after Middle French wlcan volcano (14th cent. in isolated use, in the passage translated in quot. ?a1425 at sense A. 3). In subsequent use in sense A. 3 chiefly after Spanish volcán (1524 with reference to volcanoes in the Americas, 13th cent. with reference to Mount Etna), ultimately arising from uses of Latin Vulcanus and Italian Vulcano as a proper name of Mount Etna and of one or more of the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily (where there are active volcanoes on the islands now called Vulcano and Stromboli), probably after Arabic burkān as common noun denoting a volcano (which ultimately reflects the Latin and Italian place names). Compare also volcan n. and volcano n., and foreign-language forms cited at those entries. Compare also French Vulcain, †Vulcan deceived husband (1552 in Middle French), blacksmith, metalworker (1556 in Middle French), fire (a1630 in apparently isolated use), sulphur (1721 in Vulcain des Philosophes) < Vulcain, †Vulcan, the name of Vulcan.Compare early use of the word in English contexts as the name of Vulcano, one of the Aeolian Islands, or, more generally, of the whole archipelago (compare Vulcanian Islands n. at Vulcanian n. and adj. Compounds):OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 18 May 106 Ond he [sc. Ðeodoricus] wæs fram him aworpen on byrnende seað on ðysum neahealande þæt is nemned Ulcani. ▸ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 319 Þe same nyne ilondes hatte vlcane [?a1475 anon. tr. Walcane; L. vulcane], that is, ‘fuyre’, for fire brenneþ þere all wey. ▸ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lv. 758 Eola is an ilonde of Cicilia..Þe iles..clepide Eole..ben also yclepede Vlcane [L. vulcane], for fuyre brenneþ þereynne.c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 11 Theodoryk..to his dampnacioun..was led, and..In þe yle of vlcane [a1450 Balliol vlcan, a1450 Bodl. e Mus. vulcan, a1500 New Coll. Oxf. vulcane] was he casten..Þat full is of a..flaumbe of hell. A. n. I. The Roman god, and directly related senses. 1. the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Vulcan OE 56 Heardra ic eom ond caldra þonne se hearda forst, hrim heorugrimma, þonne he to hrusan cymeð; [ic eom] Ulcanus up irnendan leohtan leoman lege hatra [L. frigidior brumis, necnon candente pruina, cum sim Vulcani flammis torrentibus ardens]. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1364 Faireste of faire, o lady myn Venus Doghter of Ioue and spouse to Vulcanus. c1410 tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 81 Wlcanes potte [c1400 anon. tr. Vulcanus crokke; L. olla Vulcani] þat breþeþ out flammes. ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1894) I. lf. 88v His wif was deliueryd of his sone vulcan... Wlcan his sone was foull and courbbackyd . 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil viii. vii. 122 Quhilk forgeis bene Vulcanus duelling call, And eftir Vulcane that cuntre nemyt all. 1579 T. Lodge 20 Al lame men are not Vulcans, nor hooke nosed men, Ciceroes. 1637 J. Milton 22 Though he and his curst crew Feirce signe of battaile make, and menace high, Or like the sons of Vulcan vomit smoake, Yet will they soone retire, if he but shrinke. 1687 M. Prior & Earl of Halifax 12 Vulcan working at the Anvil. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer II. viii. 314 Stung to the soul, indignant thro' the skies To his black forge vindictive Vulcan flies. 1753 Suppl. Vulcanalia, among the Romans, a festival in honour of Vulcan. 1837 T. Carlyle I. iii. v. 122 His wig and gown are his Vulcan's-panoply, his enchanted cloak-of-darkness. 1851 G. Borrow lxxxiii I never associate Vulcan and his Cyclops with the idea of a forge. 1911 XVII. 427/2 Maia Majesta, an old Italian goddess of spring, to whom a sacrifice was offered on the 1st of May by the priest of Vulcan. 1969 S. G. Oswalt 300 The magister (chief) of each vicus sacrificed to Vulcanus to protect his vicus from fire. 1986 B. Lopez vi. 232 The aurora is occasionally visible... Vikings thought it a reflection in the sky of Vulcan's forge. 2008 A. E. Mullaney tr. T. Folengo II. xiv. 37 It is clear that Vulcan is Venus's husband, but it is also clear that Venus is everyone's wife. society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > statuary > [noun] > statue > of gods or goddesses 1638 F. Junius 160 There were in old times neere all Chimneys almost some earthen Vulcans set up, seeing that God was the president of these Arts wrought by fire. c1660 J. Evelyn anno 1644 (1955) II. 235 In one of the Chambers hang 2 famous Pieces of Bassano, the one a Vulcan, the other a Nativity. 1718 R. Bradley (ed. 2) Pref. Thus we view a Neptune in a dry Walk, and a Vulcan in the middle of a fountain. 1786 C. Vallencey IV. 188 In Seguin's Thessalonian coins,..there is the figure of a man, with hammer in his left hand... This, says D. Seguin, is certainly a vulcan. 1805 W. C. Oulton I. 348/2 A Bacchus, much of the same weight and dimensions: a Vulcan, somewhat less than any of the above figures. 1896 E. Armstrong x. 428 Some commissions..he did execute for Lorenzo, painting a Vulcan for the villa at Spedaletto, and a sacred subject for the abbey outside Volterra. 1962 27 7 (note) The central figure of the Laocoön was repeated, almost exactly, as a Vulcan in an early 16th-century Venetian relief. 2010 M. Murrie & S. Murrie 69 The Vulcan had its beginning as an exhibit in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. 2. allusively. 1590 10 Will no worse meate go downe with you then my wife?.. I will learne you howe you make Vulcan of mee. 1640 J. D. ii. i. sig. D2 Can you beare it thus, wink Vulcan then, And let the god of Warre, throw up her skirts agen. the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > one who or that which moves slowly > slow-moving person the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun] > person 1600 T. Nashe sig. I2v A number of rude Vulcans..haue set their deformities to view, as it were in a daunce here before you. a1682 Sir T. Browne (1716) iii. 109 Many, who are sinistrous unto Good Actions, are Ambi-dexterous unto bad, and Vulcans in virtuous Paths, Achilleses in vitious motions. 1756 J. Dove 82 Thus array'd and stump'd, they commend his garb and mein to their neighbours, to make them appear such limping Vulcans as he is. 1906 A. H. Lewis 108 The man was a Hercules, or perhaps a Vulcan would be better, since his right leg was twisted and misshapen. society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > ironworker or blacksmith 1603 T. Bell 74 Out of what forge came these warlike engins? they were hammered in Salamanca the seuenth day of March, 1602. and are as you see, read hote. But what Vulcan was the workeman of them? 1638 T. Herbert (rev. ed.) 55 Cingis-chan..was at first by profession a Vulcan or Black-smith. 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal x. 199 His Sire, the Blear-Ey'd Vulcan of a Shop. 1704 R. North Let. 20 Aug. in (1890) III. App. 252 This bearer is the Vulcan of our village, and one of the eaters of us farmers. 1783 Oct. 527/1 She abhorred the thought of being wedded to a Vulcan... How..could she level her connubial notions to a mere farrier? 1834 T. Carlyle i. vi. 15/2 Those jingling sheet-iron Aprons, wherein your otherwise half-naked Vulcans hammer and smelt. 1890 W. J. Gordon 15 Here the modern Vulcans, in shirt-sleeves and with unbroken legs, are still casting thunderbolts. 1965 11 June 129 Farewell to the Vulcan of American Art..David Smith.., a master in steel and iron. 1994 R. Samuel (1996) I. 324 We have the sturdy blacksmith, a Vulcan at the forge. society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] a1680 J. Bargrave (1867) ii. 121 When we came into the vast high vaults, where hundreds and hundreds of men or Vulcans were at work, one of the overseers..would have let us see their art by blowing up a part of the mine by gunpowder. II. Other uses. the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > volcano > [noun] ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 36 (MED) In þat Ile is the Mount Ethna..& the wlcanes [Fr. wlcans] þat ben eueremore brennynge. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara 160 Then appeared the vulcan and concauetie, which was about halfe a league in compasse. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta iii. ii. 119 Of those which are in the Vulcans or mouths of fire at the Indies..I will speake in their order. 1647 A. Ross iii. 63 A hill, on the top whereof were Lions and Vulcans of fire. a1691 R. Boyle (1692) xi. 41 The number of these may..be much increased by those Vulcans, that have open Vents to discharge their Fumes. 1707 W. Funnell v. 111 These Vulcans send out Smoke sometimes. the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > fire or flame > [noun] 1595 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas 15 The Vulcan..vomiting smoke-waues..by soft Zephyrs helpe, whiles in low bush it lurks, Makes a red flaming way..Vp to the blooming Thorne. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch 30 By..Vulcan, he meaneth fire, and not the god himselfe. 1674 J. Josselyn 138 They make their Vulcan or fire near to a great Tree, upon the snags whereof they hang their kettles. 1708 J. Philips ii. 142 Altho' Devonia much commends the Use Of strengthning Vulcan. 1728 A. Pope iii. 73 There rival flames with equal glory rise, From shelves to shelves see greedy Vulcan roll. 1852 H. D. Thoreau 5 May (1997) V. 30 What a strange Titanic thing this Fire—this Vulcan—here at work in the night in this bog. 1897 D. Snider 450 This Vulcan, or heat, is chiefly borne by the winds who dry up the streams... Juno, the Queen of Olympus, calls in Vulcan or Fire, to fight Water. the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > inferior planet > [noun] > Vulcan 1860 14 96 Hence, by reasoning similar to that which had led to the discovery of Neptune, was M. Le Verrier induced to predict the discovery of the inner planet, Vulcan. 1870 R. A. Proctor iii. 58 I would willingly pay some attention here to the story of Vulcan..were it not for the great doubt in which the existence of the planet seems enshrouded. 1879 S. Newcomb & E. S. Holden 310 They comprise Venus, Mercury, and, in the opinion of some astronomers, a planet called Vulcan. 1911 I. M. Pagan ii. ii. 219 What is said here of the value of the planets called Vulcan and Pluto is of course only tentative, and although the orbit of the former is by some accepted as near the Sun..the positions are not yet ascertained. 1996 37 690 Many respected astronomers of the day had theorized that a putative intra-Mercurial planet, dubbed ‘Vulcan’, could be seen during a total eclipse if one knew just where to look. 1966 P. Schneider Star Trek (transcript of TV programme: 1st Ser. Episode 14) in www.chakoteya.net (O.E.D. Archive) This time, we'll handle things without your help, Vulcan. 1968 S. E. Whitfield in S. E. Whitfield & G. Roddenberry ii. v. 223 Yet the public reaction to Star Trek 's green-blooded Vulcan has been astounding. ‘I Grok Spock’ buttons are in evidence everywhere. 1968 D. C. Fontana in J. Blish 34 Mr. Spock here tells me that he is half Vulcan. 1994 (Nexis) 10 Nov. 9 Are they human beings, the people that serve on this advisory group?.. The answer must be that they are pointy-eared Vulcans, whose cold logic entirely precludes the desire to get stuck into treacle pudding with custard. 1996 5 Apr. 90/3 Scully seems so rational at first she's practically a Vulcan (‘Do you believe in extraterrestrials?’ Mulder asks; ‘Logically, I would have to say no,’ she replies). 2010 19 Feb. 34 The global warming denying, market fundamentalist Vulcan who represents the ugliest fringe of the Major years. B. adj.1966 J. D. F. Black Memo 9 May in S. E. Whitfield & G. Roddenberry iii. i. 278 If he doesn't understand the ‘Sf’ factor in Vulcan proper names, then he should be publicly chastised. 1968 S. E. Whitfield in S. E. Whitfield & G. Roddenberry ii. v. 227 Another unique Vulcan ability exhibited by Spock is a type of ESP that the Vulcans refer to as ‘mind-melding’. 1989 26 June 22/2 [He] caught the reeling intruder in a friendly ‘Vulcan death grip’ to keep him under control. 1991 15 Sept. ii. 73/2 She clamped down on the back of my neck with a Vulcan Nerve Pinch that nearly had me flopping uncontrollably on the table. 1993 Sept. 102/1 Robbie said nothing was inappropriate in the Vulcan mind-meld we had going. 1995 20 Feb. ii. 8/4 But Vulcan logic does not mean being nice to everyone. 2007 (Nexis) 6 Oct. l1 All sounds long-overdue rational, logical—positively Vulcan—on paper, but the idea will get yawned to death in legislative committee. 2011 8 Oct. d14/1 As a brand, Acura is so lacking in emotion it's practically Vulcan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † Vulcanv.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: Vulcan n. Obsolete. rare. society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [verb (transitive)] > defile by adultery > dishonour husband by adultery 1624 P. Massinger i. ii. sig. B2v Corisca. Old, Ducke to me You are young Adonis. Grac. Well said Venus, I am sure she Vulcans him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online September 2018). <  n.adj.OE v.1624 |
