Found 2 hits - Term: volcanic bomb, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
volcanic \volcan"ic\, a. cf. f. volcanique, it. vulcanico.
1. of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic
heat.
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2. produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous
agencies; as, volcanic tufa.
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3. changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
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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.
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see also:
volcanic bomb volcanic cone volcanic foci volcanic glass obsidian volcanic mud
volcanic rocks
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bomb \bomb\, n. f. bombe bombshell, fr. l. bombus a humming or
buzzing noise, gr. ?.
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1. a great noise; a hollow sound. obs.
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a pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck,
would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber
beneath. --bacon.
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2. mil. a shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired
from mortars. see shell.
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3. a bomb ketch.
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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.
"i noticed volcanic bombs." --darwin.
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see also:
shell bomb chest bomb ketch bomb vessel mortar vessel bomb lance
volcanic bomb
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