VULCAN

vulcan. Vulcan, n. the god of the subterraneous fire and metals, the fabled author of smiths work

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Vul″can (?), 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 Hephæstus.