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 ]

1. Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; hence, of or pertaining to works in iron or other metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ingenious allusions to the Vulcanian panoply which Achilles lent to his feebler friend. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Volcanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to Vulcan; made by Vulcan; Vulcanian. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to volcanoes; specifically, relating to the geological theory of the Vulcanists, or Plutonists. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ imp. & p. p. Vulcanized p. pr. & vb. n. Vulcanizing ] To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vulcanized fiber, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. Knight. --
Vulcanized rubber, India rubber, vulcanized. [ 1913 Webster ]

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.