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volcan Now rare.|ˈvɒlkən|
[a. F. and Sp. volcan (Pr. volca), ad. L. Volcān-us, Vulcān-us: see Vulcan.]
= volcano n. 1. Also attrib.
1577Frampton Joyful News 31 Other Sulphur..founde nigh vnto the Volcan of Nicaraga. 1604E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iii. xxiv. 193 Of the Volcans or Vents of fire. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man 190 The like Volcans or Fiery Eruptions happen sometimes in the Land subjected to the Sea. 1697W. Dampier Voy. I. viii. 225 Then..the Volcan of Guatimala appeared in sight. 1850Lowell New Year's Eve ii, If we..our faces turned When volcan glares set all the east aglow. 1893Rider Haggard Montezuma's Dau. xv, Those that have seen the sun rise over the volcans of Tenoctitlan. Ibid. xxiii, Within fifteen years..the volcan Popo had ceased to vomit smoke and fire. |