Vulcanian UK /vʌlˈkeɪnɪən/US /vəlˈkeɪniən/ adjective7 •connected with or made by Vulcan, the ancient Roman god who ruled over fire and the working of metal...Nor cou'd Vulcanian Flame The Stench abolish; or the Savour tame... — 1697 •Of or related to the proposed planet Vulcan or a cluster of asteroids at the same location in the Solar System. •(literary) connected with working metal, especially heating it and beating it into shape as a blacksmith does •connected with a type of eruption in which repeated short, violent explosions throw pieces of rock and a thick cloud of ash high into the air •(no longer used, historical) Of or related to former theories attributing the origin of basalt and other crystalline minerals to subterranean fires.The Vulcanian or Plutonian theory, which ascribes the changes on earth's surface to the agency of fire. — 1870 •(no longer used) Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, volcanic, of or related to volcanoes and volcanism.Solinus reports it of the Vulcanian Hill in Sicily, that they which offered Sacrifice upon it, never put fire to it, but expected it should be kindled from Heaven. — 1642 •(no longer used, rare) Alternative letter-case form of vulcanian, a cuckold.Yet Muto, like a good Vulcanian, An honest Cuckold, calls the bastard sonne, And brags of that which others for him done. — 1598