VUIDE 2296 W. A. Vul'can (viil'kiin), n. LL. 1·utca.iius.l"ulcanus; cf. Skr. ulkii. · good, use; the word does not necessarily connote coarse- 1 vul-pec'U-lar (viil-pek'il:-l<ir), a. Of or pertaining tc a firebrand, meteor. Cf. VOLCANO.]1. Rom. Relig. The god nese; VULGARITYdenotes coarseness or lack of refinement fox, esp. a youug one ; vu!_eine. of the fiery element, esp. in its fearful aspects, whose cult, fn maun!3rs pr speech; as,'" The use ~f ~aggravating' for Vul-pec'uwlld (-ll'.d), 11. LVulpecula + 1st -id.] A~tron. according to tradition, was brought to Rome by the Sabine provokn~g, m my boyhood a 'llulgarts1~1, of the nurs~ry, One of a meteor stream appearing from the 13th of June has crept mto ... many books" (J. S. M1ll); H Y:ulya.runns d" • f · t · v 1 king Titus Tatius. Later be was identified with the Greek are often only poetry m the egg" (Lmcell) ; H that· artless to the 7th of J~y, ra 1atmg rom a p~m .. 1n u pecula .. Hephwstus and was hence represented as consort of Y enus simplicitywhichonceobtainedthenameofcoarseuessaud Vul'pes (vi'il'pez), n. [L., a fox.] Zool. The genus 1n• and god of metal working. His earlier consort was M_aja i•ulga,-ity"(V.Knox): Htherer,robatevulgarUyofthefre- eluding the common red fox and closely allied spec··ea or MaJ°estato whom an offering was made on Ma_yfirst. The quenters of Bartholomew fair '((UJl"ord). (see Fox, 1; cf. FBNNEC, GRAYFox), typical of a subfamily, feast of Vulcan was the Volcanall'!:,Aug. 2:i.,celebrated in -TIES 1 imperial times with games at the Liircus. ~ DI. vul-gar'l-ty (viil-gllrfl-ti), n.; pl. (-tfa). [Cf. F. vul- Vul-pl'na,(vlil-pi ne), including the foxes generally. 2. Asfron. A hypothetical intramercnrial planet the exist­ garite, L. vulgaritas the multitude.] 1, Quality or state Vul'plc (viil'pik), a. Alsovul-pln'lc (viil-pin'lk). Chem. ence of which has not yet been established by observation. of being vulgar ; mean condition of life ; the state of the Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a yellow crys-­ 3. [1. c.l A volcano. Ob.,. lower classes of society; commom1ess. Sir T. Browne. talline acid, C19H:N,05, occurring in the lichen Cetraria Vul-ct,!nl-an (viil-kii'nl-an), a. [L. Vu/canius.] 1, Of. 2. Grossness or clownishness of manners or language ; ab- vulpina, and yielding pulvic acid on decomposition. pertainiugto, or made by, Vulcan; hence, of or pertaining sence of refinement; coarseness; also, an instance of this. vul'pl-clde (vul'pi-sid), n. [L. 1mlpes a fox + E. -cide.] to works in iron or other metals. 3, The common people; the vulgar. Obs. In England, one who kills a fox, except in hunting; also, 2. [l. c.] Volcanic. Syn. -See VULGARISM. the act of so killing a fox. 3. Of or pertaining to Plutonism ; Plutonic. vul 1gar-l-za•tton (vi\Jlgar-1-zii'.'shuu; -i-zi'shun), n. A vul- vul'plne (vl1l'pin: -pln; 1~31 Zl7), a. [L. vulpin!'•• fr. vul 1can-lte (vlil'kan-it), n. Hard rubber produced by vul­ garizing, or making vulgar; specif.: a A making commonly vulpes a f?x·J Of or pertammg to 8: fox; resembling, or canizing with much sulphur. See EBONITE, or widely known or familiar; popularization. Now Rare. characteristic of, a fox; foxy; cunning; crafty? artful. Hard rubber, t•ulcanitc, or ebonite, is usually made from the b A making coarse or common, or a product of such an act. vulpine ~11um, ph&la.nge~ ,hal&ngi1t, an Austrahan_ some- cheaper grades of rubber, especially that from Borneo and Java, vul'gar-lze (viil'g<ir-iz) v. t. & i. vuL'GAR·IZED(-izd)· wJiatfoxlik~phalanger(1n.c/wsuru.,vu~ecula). It!•g"!y and contains a large amount of filling material. From 2S to 50 , 1 ( - 1J >' [C F · ' . L ' with yellowish under parts and a blackish prehensile tail. v~L GAR-IZING -1z ng. f. vu 1garise,, L. vu 1ga- vul'pln-l&m (viil'pl-niz'm), n. Quality of being cunning 1 ~:::-1.~~:r/~-l!l,~t:an;•iwzi'sh11n), 1l, cte·~;t rizare.] To make v1;1lgar(m ~nysNtse). like the fox; craft; artfulness. Rare. CAN.] 1. Actor process ofimparting to caoutchouc, gutta­ , Ex~ortation vulyan:::ed by lo": wit. V. Knox. He wns without guile, and had no rulpinism at all. Carl11le. percha, or the like, greater elastioity, durability, or hard­ vul gar-lze, v. i. 1. To produce vulgar1ty. vul'pi-nlte (-pl-nit), n. [From Vulpino, in Italy.) Min. ness by heating with sulphur, sulphides, or oxides, or by 2. 'fo act vulgarly. Obs. A scaly granular grayish white var1ety of anhydrite. soaking the material in a solution of sulphur chloride. In Vulgate (-gtt), n. [LL. vulgata editw, fr. L. vulgati,s vul'ture (vlll'l@r), n. [ME. voutur, vultur, OF. tJoltor, vou­ the latter case the action is SUJ?0rllcialonly. usual, comm~n, p. p. of vulgare to ~ake general, or com- teur, F. vautour,L. vulturius, fr.vultur,· cf. vellere to tear, 2. Act or process of heating timber under pressure to in­ mon, to publish, fr. i•ulgus the ~ultitude : c~. F. vulgate. to pluck.] Any of certain large raptorial birds of temper­ See VULGAR,a.] l. A Latm version of the Scriptures made ate and tropical regions, allied to the l1awks, eagles, and fal­ crease its toughness, hardness, and durability. Products ~y Jerome at t~e close of. the 4th century ; - so called from cons, but baviug weaker claws, and the head usually naked. are formed which fill up the pores of the wood. its common use m theLatm Church. The Old Te~tam,entw&a They subsist cliiefl.y or entirely on carrion. They consti­ vul 1can-lze (vill'kan-iz), v. t.; -IZBD (-izd); -izlING (-iz'- trans,ated mostly from.the Hebrew and Aramaic, with ~on- tute two families the Vulturidre or Old World vultures Jng). 1- To subject to the process of vulcanization fornnty to the f:\eptuag!nt, an~ the Ne--: Testament revised which are only slightly distinguished from the hawks and a. Hence, to treat in various other ways, as for hardening ; fro!" older Lat11' vers,on~ with the aid qf Greek maJ/-U• the Cathartidre (which see). Among them are some of the as, to vulcanize paper by immersing in a strong solution of scri~ts. Jerome s Latm !S neares_t t~ that o~ ~he Itahan largest birds of flight, and nearly all are very graceful on zinc chloride. family of Old.Latin verf!ions, wJuch~s a revision of ~he thewing. SeeBLACKVULTURB,C0NDOR,EGYPl'IANVULTUU, Vulcan Powder. A dynamite composed of nitrogl)'cerin European family, whJc.h lD turn 18 a~ indepen~ent version KING VULTURE,LAMMBRGEIER, TURKEY BUZZARD, (30 parts), sodium nitrate (52.5),charcoal (10.5), and sulphur from, or an !"'rlyrevmon of, the ~fr1ca'! family, behoved vulture hock. Infancy poultry a cluster of stiff feathers (7), used in mining and blasting. by .m~ny to mclude t}le oldf?st LattF, versions. See VBRSIO~. growing on the thighs and projeciing backward,considered vul•gar (vlil'g<ir), a. [L. vulgaris, fr. vulgus the multitude, This 1s the ~nly Latm vers1o_nwhich the Roman Catholic a defect in cochins and similar breeds. the common people ; cf. Skr. varga group, body of men, Church admits to be authentic. See D'?~AYBIBLE. Vul-tu'rl-ilal (vlil-tii'rl-de), n. pl. [NL.] Zool. The Oir. Jolc abundance, W. gwala sufficiency, Bret. gwalc'h 2. [1. c.] Any vulgate text, as of the writmgs of ..Eechylus. family consisting of the Old World vultures sometimes satiety: cf. F. vulgaire. Cf. DIVULGE.] 1. Of or pertain­ w~:hw::!-it atlf~':itMS~~~~tr~!'e!t~-tusreceptus CJ!m1:~Gi~: ranked. as a subfamily, Vul'tU-ri'nm (viil't!l•ri'n6), of the ing to the common people, or genera1 public; common; 3. [!. c.] The vulgar tongue; unrefined speech. Rare. Falcomdre. See VUL_:ruRB. general ; ordinary ; public i hence, vernacular. vul•gate, a. 1. [cap.] Of or pertaining to the Vulgate, VUl!tur-lne (~lll~r-m; -Tn;. 1~3), a. [L. vulturmua.J Leave them as naked as the vulgar air. Shak. or the old Latin version of the Scriptures. Of, pert. to~ hke, or c~aracterist1e o1, a vulture. eu~t:jc,1!~ r:~~:seful to the Englieh reader .•. toB';~i~eel~ 2. Commonll accepted ; ordinary ; as, a vulgaletext. crid~~iouf:~t;~':s::: which smells nothmg but eorr'c.t~~1'o~i~:. ll. Belonging or relating to the common people as distin­ vul'JW! (viii gus), n.; pl. E. VIJLGUSES(-~•; -lz; 151). vulturlne eagle a South African eagle (Aquila verreaun) guished from the cultivated or educated ; pertaining to [L.] 1. The common people ; the vulgar. Obs. having the lo,;,er back and rump white and the rest of the common life; plebeian. "Like the vulgar sort of market 2. In some English schools, a short exercise consisting of plumage black.-v. Jrlllnea fowl, a large long-tailed East a composition of a minimum number of lines in Latin or African guinea fowl (.Acrylliurn vultwrin1J:m)having a naked men." Shak. "Low and vulgar life." Addison. Greek verse on a given subject. head and lanceolate blue. black1..and white feathers on the 3. Hence, lacking cultivation or refinement; unrefined ; vu11ner-a-bll'l-ty (vllllner-<i-blltl-ti), n. Quality or state neck, br~st, an_d shoulders.