Vol-cā'no, n.

noun

n.; pl. VOL-CĀ'NÔES. [It. volcano, vulcano, Sp. & Fr. volcan, Pg. volcão, vulcão, Fr. volcan, from Lat. Vulcanus, Vulcan, the god of fire. See VULCAN.] (Geol.) A mountain from which lava, steam, sulphur gases, and the like, are ejected; as Vesuvius, in Italy, and Hecla, in Iceland;—popularly called a burning mountain.