Word Meanings - ASPHALTUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

ASPHALTITE
Asphaltic.
ASPHALTIC
Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous. "Asphaltic pool." "Asphaltic slime." Milton.
ASPHALTUS
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ASPHALT; ASPHALTUM
1. Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea,
ASPHALTE
Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2.
ASPHALT
To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets.
RETINASPHALT; RETINASPHALTUM
Retinite.
PISSASPHALT
Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
PISASPHALTUM
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