Maltha

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Maltha \Mal"tha\ (m[a^]l"th[.a]), n. [L., fr. Gr. ma`lqa.]
     1. A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch,
        unctuous to the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor.
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     2. Mortar. [Obs.] --Holland.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  maltha
       n : a thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt
           [syn: {mineral tar}]