Asphalt

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(1): (n.) Alt. of Asphaltum

(2): (v. t.) To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]

Asphalt . See Bitumen.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [3]

A mineral pitch of a black or brownish-black colour, consisting chiefly of carbon; also a limestone impregnated with bitumen, and more or less in every quarter of the globe.

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