vesuvianite (vesuvian it)

[ It vesuviates. This sudden heat in the atmosphere has something to do with the eruption of the mountain which killed Pliny the elder. Mortimer Collins , Thoughts in my Garden, I. 166. Bismuth vesuvin, vesuvine (vē-su'vin), n. brown. It is used as a stain in histological examinations. See brown. vesuvius (vē-sū'vi-us), n. Same as vesuvian, 2. Vesuvius-salt (vē-su'vi-us-salt), n. Same as a pht hit a lite. vet (vet), n. A colloquial contraction of veter inary ( surgeon ). IMG:content-1820.png:[blocks in formation]