n. [ L. Vulcanus, Volcanus: cf. Skr. ulkā a firebrand, meteor. Cf. Volcano. ] (Rom. Myth.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Vulcanius. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Ingenious allusions to the Vulcanian panoply which Achilles lent to his feebler friend. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. Volcanicity. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Volcanism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A volcanist. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Hard rubber produced by vulcanizing with a large proportion of sulphur. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Vulcan. ] The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, or the like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating with sulphur under pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Vulcanized fiber,
Vulcanized rubber,
n. One who, or that which, vulcanizes; esp., an apparatus for vulcanizing caoutchouc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A volcano. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Vulcan, and -logy. ] The science which treats of phenomena due to plutonic action, as in volcanoes, hot springs, etc. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
. A dynamite composed of nitroglycerin (30 parts), sodium nitrate (52.5), charcoal (10.5), and sulphur (7), used in mining and blasting.