of, relating to, or associated with Vulcan.
(lowercase) volcanic.
(lowercase) of or relating to metalworking.
1590–1600; < Latin Vulcāni ( us ) of Vulcan + -an
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They reject incomparable Galen's learned Commentaries, as tedious and frivolous discourses, having found through Paracelsus's Vulcanian shop, a more short way to the Wood. . . .
From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means
Sir basalt was a younger son Of that oldest race, the Vulcanian, And he lived for ages oppressed and unknown In a cavern deep subterranean.
From Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von
Vulcanian Caeculus renews the fight, And Umbro, born upon the mountains' height.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
How he must grin, and shake his empty noddle in clouds, the Vulcanian Epicure!
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary
Unwilling as I am, of force I stay, Till Thetis bring me at the dawn of day Vulcanian arms: what other can I wield, Except the mighty Telamonian shield?
From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander
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