Definition of vulcan

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Vulcan (n.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus..

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Vulcanic :: Vulcanic (a.) Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; Vulcanian.
Vulcanizer :: Vulcanizer (n.) One who, or that which, vulcanizes; esp., an apparatus for vulcanizing caoutchouc..
Vulcanology :: Vulcanology (n.) The science which treats of phenomena due to plutonic action, as in volcanoes, hot springs, etc..
Vulcanist :: Vulcanist (n.) A volcanist.
Hard-favored :: Hard-favored (a.) Hard-featured; ill-looking; as, Vulcan was hard-favored..
Vulcanization :: Vulcanization (n.) The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, or the like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating with sulphur under pressure..
Cyclops :: Cyclops (n. sing. & pl.) One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna..
Sulphurous :: Sulphurize (v. t.) To combine or impregnate with sulphur or any of its compounds; as, to sulphurize caoutchouc in vulcanizing..
Vulcanism :: Vulcanism (n.) Volcanism.
Cabbiri :: Cabbiri (n. pl.) Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; -- also called sons of Hephaestus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals..
Vulcanian :: Vulcanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; hence, of or pertaining to works in iron or other metals..
Vulcanian :: Vulcanian (a.) Volcanic.
Volcanist :: Volcanist (n.) One who believes in the igneous, as opposed to the aqueous, origin of the rocks of the earth's crust; a vulcanist. Cf. Neptunist..
Vulcanicity :: Vulcanicity (n.) Volcanicity.
Kerite :: Kerite (n.) A compound in which tar or asphaltum combined with animal or vegetable oils is vulcanized by sulphur, the product closely resembling rubber; -- used principally as an insulating material in telegraphy..
Vulcan :: Vulcan (n.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus..
Ebonite :: Ebonite (n.) A hard, black variety of vulcanite. It may be cut and polished, and is used for many small articles, as combs and buttons, and for insulating material in electric apparatus..
Vulcanize :: Vulcanize (v. t.) To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization..
Vulcanizing :: Vulcanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vulcaniz.
Parkesine :: Parkesine (n.) A compound, originally made from gun cotton and castor oil, but later from different materials, and used as a substitute for vulcanized India rubber and for ivory; -- called also xylotile..
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