Crossword clues for vesuvian
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vesuvian \Ve*su"vi*an\, a. [Cf. F. V['e]suvien, It. Vesuviano.] Of or pertaining to Vesuvius, a volcano near Naples.
Vesuvian \Ve*su"vi*an\, n. [G. vesuvian. See Vesuvian, a.]
(Min.) Vesuvianite.
A kind of match or fusee for lighting cigars, etc.
Wiktionary
WordNet
n. a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone [syn: vesuvianite, idocrase]
Usage examples of "vesuvian".
A Vesuvian cascade of faecal matter exploded with an atomic wet blast of Krakatoan volume.
Senate had ordered him to pick up five cohorts in Capua as he passed through-and keep on marching until he found the rebels and flushed them out of their Vesuvian hole.
If I have not lost my mind I have accurately conveyed those two Vesuvian irruptions of philosophy.
Andrea puffed out another Vesuvian cloud of acrid smoke and looked away indifferently.