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Webster 1913 Edition


Vulcan

Vul′can

,
Noun.
[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.