'Pisasphaltum' definitions:

Definition of 'Pisasphaltum'

From: GCIDE

Pisasphaltum \Pis`as*phal"tum\, n. See Pissasphalt. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'pisasphaltum'

From: 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.] [1913 Webster]

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