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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bitumen \Bi*tu"men\, n. [L. bitumen: cf F. bitume. Cf
{B['e]ton}.]
1. Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a
bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant
natural product in many places, as on the shores of the
Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the
construction of pavements, etc See {Asphalt}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bitumen
n : any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of
hydrocarbons
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bitumen
Gen. 11:3, R.V., margin, rendered in the A.V. "slime"), a
mineral pitch. With this the ark was pitched (6:14. See also Ex
2:3.) (See {SLIME}.)
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