The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
pisasphalt — erron. form of pissasphalt … Useful english dictionary
pisasphaltum — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pissasphalt — n.; (also pissasphaltum) [Written also Pisasphalt and Pisophalt.] Earth pitch … New dictionary of synonyms
