Vulcan
['vʌlkən]
Definition
(noun.) (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus.
Editor: Louise--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus.
Edited by Brent
Definition
n. (Roman myth.) the god of fire.—n. Vulcanā′lia an ancient Roman festival in honour of Vulcan held on 23d August.—adjs. Vulcā′nian pertaining to Vulcan or to one who works in iron; Vulcan′ic (same as Volcanic).—n. Vulcanic′ity volcanicity.—adj. Vulcanī′sable.—n. Vulcanisā′-tion.—v.t. Vul′canise to combine with sulphur by heat as caoutchouc—v.i. to admit of such treatment.—ns. Vul′canism volcanism; Vul′canist a supporter of the Huttonian theory in geology which asserted the igneous origin of such rocks as basalt; Vul′canite the harder of the two kinds of vulcanised india-rubber or caoutchouc the softer kind being called soft-rubber.
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Examples
- Your eyes dwell on a Vulcan,--a real blacksmith, brown, broad-shouldered: and blind and lame into the bargain. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I never thought of it, before; but you certainly are rather like Vulcan, sir. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I don't think even the pious Hellenes would have risked their lives in building a temple under the very nose of Vulcan in full work. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Are you worshipping at the altar of Vulcan, Caliphronas? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Now flowed forth, as from some Vulcan's titanic workshop, machines for making bolts, nuts, rivets, screws, chains, staples, car wheels, shafts, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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