Vesuvianadj.n.

Brit.

/vᵻˈsjuːvɪən/,

/vᵻˈsuːvɪən/, U.S.

/vəˈsuviən/

Etymology: < Vesuvius n.; compare German vesuvian, French vésuvien.

A. adj.

a. Of or pertaining to Vesuvius; esp. (a) like or resembling Vesuvius, or that of Vesuvius, in volcanic violence or power.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > volcano > [adjective] > specific

Vesuvian1673

Strombolian1897

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > volcano > [adjective] > resembling > specific

Vesuvian1673

(a)

1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 11 The fury of this smoaking rage being..abated, and having pretty well drench'd their Vesuvian throats.

1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming iii. xx Then looked they to the hills, where fire o'erhung The bandit groups in one Vesuvian glare.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. v. 49/2 Such a fire..did actually burst forth, with explosions more or less Vesuvian, in the inner man of Herr Diogenes.

1878 T. H. Huxley in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1900) II. xxv. 432 The inflammation of the pudding was highly successful—in fact Vesuvian not to say Ætnaic.

(b)1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 125 There is a tendency in almost all the Vesuvian dikes to divide into horizontal prisms.1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 87 History records a large number of Vesuvian eruptions.1897 A. Geikie Anc. Volcanoes Brit. II. li. 471 The three modern types of Vesuvian cones.

†b. Vesuvian salt n. aphthitalite. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > potassium sulphate

Vesuvian salt1813

glaserite1852

1813 Smithson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 103 262 This Vesuvian salt..has presented no less than nine distinct species of matters.

B. n.

1. Mineralogy. A silicate of aluminium, lime, and iron, or other base, occurring massive but more frequently in square crystals of various colours, found originally in the ancient Vesuvian lavas; idocrase.Named by Werner, the German mineralogist, in 1795.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [noun] > idocrase or vesuvianite

Vesuvian1794

idocrase1804

frugardite1823

xanthite1828

vesuvianite1888

californite1903

1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 285 Vesuvian, or white Garnet of Vesuvius. Found principally in the lava of Vesuvius.

1815 A. Aikin Man. Mineral. (ed. 2) 224 Vesuvian occurs crystallized in groups, or lining cavities, or massive.

1859 R. Hunt Guide Mus. Pract. Geol. (ed. 2) 255 Idocrase was first observed in the ancient Vesuvian lavas, and thence it is called sometimes Vesuvian. It is a compound of silica, alumina, lime, and iron.

1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 142 Idocrase or Vesuvian is in its chemical composition closely allied to the lime-alumina garnets.

2. A kind of match or fusee, burning with a sputtering flame, used especially for lighting cigars or tobacco-pipes in the open air.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting > specifically ignited by friction

allumette1601

fire cane1644

paper match1780

Strasbourg match1825

match1830

lucifer match1831

fusee1832

loco-foco1835

oxymuriatic match1835

Congreve1839

Vesta1839

friction-match1847

safety match1850

German Congreve1851

Vesuvian1853

star1862

safety1876

tandstickor1884

post-and-railsa1890

book match1899

Swan Vesta1908

1853 Pract. Mechanics Jrnl. 6 147 One of Palmer's Vesuvians is a still more sure..way of igniting the fuze.

1862 G. J. Whyte-Melville Inside Bar 348 Striving by the aid of a ‘Vesuvian’ to relight my cigar.

1886 R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log 103 Beyond a few vesuvians, they had nothing among them that would burn.

attributive.1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises 175 A vesuvian matchbox.1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet i. 4 They tried to light it with Vesuvian fusees.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vesuvian
释义	Vesuvianadj.n. Brit. /vᵻˈsjuːvɪən/, /vᵻˈsuːvɪən/, U.S. /vəˈsuviən/ Etymology: < Vesuvius n.; compare German vesuvian, French vésuvien. A. adj. a. Of or pertaining to Vesuvius; esp. (a) like or resembling Vesuvius, or that of Vesuvius, in volcanic violence or power. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > volcano > [adjective] > specific Vesuvian1673 Strombolian1897 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > volcano > [adjective] > resembling > specific Vesuvian1673 (a) 1673 R. Head Canting Acad. 11 The fury of this smoaking rage being..abated, and having pretty well drench'd their Vesuvian throats. 1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming iii. xx Then looked they to the hills, where fire o'erhung The bandit groups in one Vesuvian glare. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. v. 49/2 Such a fire..did actually burst forth, with explosions more or less Vesuvian, in the inner man of Herr Diogenes. 1878 T. H. Huxley in L. Huxley Life & Lett. T. H. Huxley (1900) II. xxv. 432 The inflammation of the pudding was highly successful—in fact Vesuvian not to say Ætnaic. (b)1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 125 There is a tendency in almost all the Vesuvian dikes to divide into horizontal prisms.1886 A. Winchell Walks & Talks in Geol. Field 87 History records a large number of Vesuvian eruptions.1897 A. Geikie Anc. Volcanoes Brit. II. li. 471 The three modern types of Vesuvian cones. †b. Vesuvian salt n. aphthitalite. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphates > [noun] > potassium sulphate Vesuvian salt1813 glaserite1852 1813 Smithson in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 103 262 This Vesuvian salt..has presented no less than nine distinct species of matters. B. n. 1. Mineralogy. A silicate of aluminium, lime, and iron, or other base, occurring massive but more frequently in square crystals of various colours, found originally in the ancient Vesuvian lavas; idocrase.Named by Werner, the German mineralogist, in 1795. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [noun] > idocrase or vesuvianite Vesuvian1794 idocrase1804 frugardite1823 xanthite1828 vesuvianite1888 californite1903 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 285 Vesuvian, or white Garnet of Vesuvius. Found principally in the lava of Vesuvius. 1815 A. Aikin Man. Mineral. (ed. 2) 224 Vesuvian occurs crystallized in groups, or lining cavities, or massive. 1859 R. Hunt Guide Mus. Pract. Geol. (ed. 2) 255 Idocrase was first observed in the ancient Vesuvian lavas, and thence it is called sometimes Vesuvian. It is a compound of silica, alumina, lime, and iron. 1879 F. Rutley Study of Rocks x. 142 Idocrase or Vesuvian is in its chemical composition closely allied to the lime-alumina garnets. 2. A kind of match or fusee, burning with a sputtering flame, used especially for lighting cigars or tobacco-pipes in the open air. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting > specifically ignited by friction allumette1601 fire cane1644 paper match1780 Strasbourg match1825 match1830 lucifer match1831 fusee1832 loco-foco1835 oxymuriatic match1835 Congreve1839 Vesta1839 friction-match1847 safety match1850 German Congreve1851 Vesuvian1853 star1862 safety1876 tandstickor1884 post-and-railsa1890 book match1899 Swan Vesta1908 1853 Pract. Mechanics Jrnl. 6 147 One of Palmer's Vesuvians is a still more sure..way of igniting the fuze. 1862 G. J. Whyte-Melville Inside Bar 348 Striving by the aid of a ‘Vesuvian’ to relight my cigar. 1886 R. C. Leslie Sea-painter's Log 103 Beyond a few vesuvians, they had nothing among them that would burn. attributive.1879 Man. Siege & Garrison Artillery Exercises 175 A vesuvian matchbox.1904 E. Nesbit Phoenix & Carpet i. 4 They tried to light it with Vesuvian fusees. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1673
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