Pissasphalt

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

  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. [Written also {pisasphaltum},
     {pisasphalt}, etc.]


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