The Collaborative International Dictionary
Volcanic \Vol*can"ic\, a. [Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico.]
Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat.
Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa.
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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.
Usage examples of "volcanic mud".
Sibyl knew many of these houses, knew how their garden fountains were shaped, perhaps had even cleaned volcanic mud out of the skulls of those patrician gentlemen engaged in a lively debate on the street corner they were passing.
Blofeld said, 'The piranhas and the volcanic mud are useful housekeepers.
It is a rough roar in my ears, the need to damage this man heaving like volcanic mud in my belly, swelling through my veins until I shake all over—.
Dank straw was matted on the floor, stocked cordwood lined the walls, and a cauldron bubbled like volcanic mud over a fire blazing in a pit in the center of the room.
Terrible images of the skulls she'd dug out of volcanic mud tortured her, superimposed over Lucania's face.