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asphaltum
[ as-fawl-tuhmor, especially British, -fal- ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of asphaltum1
< New Latin < Greek ásphalton asphalt
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Example Sentences
According to others, asphaltum consists almost entirely of asphaltene.
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I found, in examining the mineralogy of the coast, masses of detached limestone, containing fissures filled with asphaltum.
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Asphalt, or Asphaltum, the most common variety of bitumen; also called mineral pitch.
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Asphaltum, for instance, besides that it is a changeable and never thoroughly drying pigment, is too transparent for depth.
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A good blacking for boilers and smokestacks is asphaltum dissolved in turpentine.
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