vulcanian

1. (Roman mythology) Of, related to, or created by Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and several German and Celtic gods.Examples: "...Nor cou'd Vulcanian Flame The Stench abolish; or the Savour tame..."Romannot-comparable

2. (Roman mythology) Of, related to, or created by Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalwork, considered equivalent to the Greek Hephaestus and several German and Celtic gods.Examples: "Yet Muto, like a good Vulcanian, An honest Cuckold, calls the bastard sonne, And brags of that which others for him done."Romanalt-ofnot-comparableobsoleterare

3. (literary, now uncommon) Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, of or related to metalwork, blacksmithing, and metallurgy.Examples: "A sabre, when the warrior press'd to part,"alt-ofliterarynot-comparableuncommon

4. (geology, now rare, archaic) Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism.Examples: "Solinus reports it of the Vulcanian Hill in Sicily, that they which offered Sacrifice upon it, never put fire to it, but expected it should be kindled from Heaven."alt-ofarchaicnot-comparable

5. (geology, now rare, archaic) Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism.Examples: "In his six lectures on Volcanos, [Faujas] exhausted the subject, and showed us the difference of the several systems, the Vulcanian, the Neptunian, and the Huttonian, which is the Plutonian, and his own opinion."; "The Vulcanian or Plutonian theory, which ascribes the changes on earth's surface to the agency of fire."Synonyms: Plutonian, volcanianarchaichistoricalnot-comparable

6. (geology, now rare, archaic) Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism.Examples: "Just as we have the ‘Plinian’ or ‘Vesuvian’ eruptions of Vesuvius accompanied by violent outbursts of ‘ashes’ and welling out of lava, and the incessant, milder ‘Strombolian’ type of eruption, so we may distinguish a ‘Vulcanian’ type."archaicnot-comparable