Asphalt definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ASPHALT' ASPHALT'IC, a. Pertaining to asphalt, or containing it; bituminous. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but ... as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons [syn: asphalt, mineral pitch] v 1: cover with tar or asphalt; " ...
Asphalt stone definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Asphalt As"phalt, Asphaltum As*phal"tum, n. [Gr. ?, of eastern ... water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc. Asphalt stone, Asphalt rock, a limestone found impregnated with asphalt.
Asphalt rock definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Asphalt As"phalt, Asphaltum As*phal"tum, n. [Gr. ?, of eastern ... water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc. Asphalt stone, Asphalt rock, a limestone found impregnated with asphalt.
Asphaltum definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ASPHALT'UM, n. [Gr.] Bitumen Judaicum, Jew's pitch; a smooth ... Formerly, it was used for embalming dead bodies; the solid asphalt is still employed in Arabia, Egypt, and Persia, instead of pitch for ships; and the fluid asphalt is used for varnishing, and for burning in lamps. A ... in air, and not penetrable by water. A composition of asphalt, lamp black and oil is used for drawing black figures on dialplates. Merriam Webster's noun see asphalt I Webster's 1913 Dictionary Asphalt As"phalt, Asphaltum As*phal"tum, n. [Gr. ?, of ...
... Asphaltires (Ant., I, ix) from the quantities of bitumen or asphalt occasionally washed upon its shores and found in some of ... have been full of slime (that is, of bitumen or asphalt) pits. In modern times masses of asphalt are occasionally found floating in the southern part of the ... natives. After the earthquake of January, 1837, a mass of asphalt was driven aground on the West side not far from ... the sea in many places sends up black masses of asphalt having the form and size of headless oxen"; while Diodorus Siculus relates that the bitumen (asphalt) was thrown up in masses covering sometimes two or ...
... Webster's 1913 Dictionary Asphalte As`phalte", n. [F. See Asphalt.] Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Artificial bitumen, having asphalt, roofing asphalt, asphaltic cement.
... of ships etc. 2 any of various bituminous substances including asphalt. --v.tr. cover, coat, or smear with pitch. Phrases and ... gum. Jew's pitch, bitumen. Mineral pitch. See Bitumen and Asphalt. Pitch coal (Min.), bituminous coal. Pitch peat (Min.), a black ... also sales pitch Easton's Bible Dictionary (Gen. 6:14), asphalt or bitumen in its soft state, called "slime" (Gen. 11 ... address, after-dinner speech, allocution, amount, angularity, apex, apogee, ascend, asphalt, assail, assault, assist, attack, audio frequency, ballyhoo, bank, base, belabor ...
... real estate business; and since 1878 has been identified with asphalt pavement. He is president of the Barber Asphalt Pavement company; president of the celebrated Trinidad Asphalt company; and their asphalt pavements are used in the principal cities of the United ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary PIS'SASPHALT, n. [Gr. pitch, and asphalt.] Earth-pitch; pitch mixed with bitumen, natural or artificial; a ... Dictionary Pissasphalt Pis"sas*phalt, n. [L. pissasphaltus, Gr. ?; ? pitch + ? asphalt: cf. F. pissasphalte.] (Min.) Earth pitch; a soft, black bitumen ... strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt. [Written also pisasphaltum, pisasphalt, etc.] Soule's Dictionary of English ...
... more or less cohesive, elastic bitumen or mineral caoutchouc, and Asphalt, which is sometimes too hard to be scratched by the ... pitch, from Latin bitumin-, bitumen Date: 15th century 1. an asphalt of Asia Minor used in ancient times as a cement ... used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Bitumen is a black sticky substance ...
... certain passages, we are to understand petroleum or its residue asphalt. Thus in Gen. 19:26 he would read "pillar of asphalt;" and in Matt. 5:13, instead of "salt," "petroleum," which ... its essence by exposure, as salt does not, and becomes asphalt, with which pavements were made. The Jebel Usdum, to the ...
... strong pungent smell. It appears to be petrol passing to asphalt. It holds a middle place between petrol, which is liquid,and asphalt, which is dry and brittle. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pisophalt ...
... red or yellow iron ocher. Mineral patch. See Bitumen, and Asphalt. Mineral right, the right of taking minerals from land. Mineral ... Thesaurus alabaster, alabastrine, amphibole, antimony, apatite, aplite, arsenic, asbestine, asbestos, asphalt, azurite, bauxite, bitumen, boron, brimstone, bromine, brucite, calcite, carbon, celestite ...