English Dictionary: volcanic bomb | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Volcanic \Vol*can"ic\, a. [Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico.] 1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat. 2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa. 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. {Volcanic bomb}, a mass ejected from a volcano, often of molten lava having a rounded form. {Volcanic cone}, a hill, conical in form, built up of cinders, tufa, or lava, during volcanic eruptions. {Volcanic foci}, the subterranean centers of volcanic action; the points beneath volcanoes where the causes producing volcanic phenomena are most active. {Volcanic glass}, the vitreous form of lava, produced by sudden cooling; obsidian. See {Obsidian}. {Volcanic mud}, fetid, sulphurous mud discharged by a volcano. {Volcanic rocks}, rocks which have been produced from the discharges of volcanic matter, as the various kinds of basalt, trachyte, scoria, obsidian, etc., whether compact, scoriaceous, or vitreous. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bomb \Bomb\, n. [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. [?].] 1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.] A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath. --Bacon. 2. (Mil.) A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See {Shell}. 3. A bomb ketch. {Bomb chest} (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion. {Bomb ketch}, {Bomb vessel} (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also {mortar vessel}. {Bomb lance}, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing. {Volcanic bomb}, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. [bd]I noticed volcanic bombs.[b8] --Darwin. |