pissasphaltus

pissasphaltus
pissasphaltus, i, m., = pissasphaltos, earth-pitch, pissasphalt ( a kind of soft bitumen ), Plin. 24, 7, 25, § 41; 35, 15, 51, § 178.

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  • pisasphalt — Pissasphalt Pis sas*phalt, n. [L. pissasphaltus, Gr. ?; ? pitch + ? asphalt: cf. F. pissasphalte.] (Min.) Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistency of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pisasphaltum — Pissasphalt Pis sas*phalt, n. [L. pissasphaltus, Gr. ?; ? pitch + ? asphalt: cf. F. pissasphalte.] (Min.) Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistency of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pissasphalt — Pis sas*phalt, n. [L. pissasphaltus, Gr. ?; ? pitch + ? asphalt: cf. F. pissasphalte.] (Min.) Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistency of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • poix — I. Poix, Semble plus raisonnable à cause de la difference escrire ainsi: Pois, Pisum: Poids, Pondus: Poix, Pix. Le poix à peser quelque chose, ou le poix d une livre, Pondus, Ponderis. Le poix d une livre, As, huius assis, Assipondium, Pondo,… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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