asphaltum
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of asphaltum
< New Latin < Greek ásphalton asphalt
Example Sentences
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The state’s first wharves were built in the 1800s, and tended to be modest, private endeavors meant to facilitate shipping minerals and metals such as silver and asphaltum up and down the coast.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2024
Three coats of asphaltum later, the mirror is ready to receive messages from the Astral Brotherhood of Magic, an association of mystics spanning the seen and unseen world alike.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2021
After cleaning the glass with turpentine and applying a coat of asphaltum to one side, the mirror is magnetized by moving one’s palms in circular motions above it for several minutes.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2021
To this end he would whip up weird mayonnaises of wax, turps, asphaltum, eggs, resin and oil.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was an afternoon of withering heat: the pavements burning palpably through the paper-thin soles of her pretty slippers, and the air close with the smell of hot asphaltum.
From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph
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