Vesuvian

[ vuh-soo-vee-uh n ]

/ vəˈsu vi ən /

of, relating to, or resembling Mount Vesuvius; volcanic.

(lowercase) a type of match formerly used for lighting cigars; fusee.

Origin of Vesuvian

First recorded in 1665–75; Vesuvi(us) + -an

Both had seen the Vesuvian bay many times, with never-failing love and interest.

The Carpet from Bagdad |Harold MacGrath
Readers will transport themselves to the Bay of Naples, and beautiful Vesuvian scenery seen from sea.

History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XIV. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
If I have not lost my mind I have accurately conveyed those two Vesuvian irruptions of philosophy.

Essays on Paul Bourget |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Sir Humphry Davy observed that the fumes which escaped from Vesuvian lava deposited common salt.

The History of Salt |Evan Martlett Boddy

“Some few of them are sensible, though,” went on the latter, flaring up a vesuvian to light his pipe.

'Tween Snow and Fire |Bertram Mitford

vesuvian

/ (vɪˈsuːvɪən) /

(esp formerly) a match for lighting cigars; fusee

another name for vesuvianite

C18 (the mineral), C19 (the match): both named after Vesuvius