bitume

noun

bitume

noun

/bɪˈtjuːm/ · /bɪˈtuːm/

Etymology From Middle French bitume. Doublet of bitumen.

1

Obsolete, Poetic bitumen

  • Make thee an arke of timber planke: cabinets ſhalt thou make in the arke, and ſhalt pitch it within, and without with bitume.1609, The Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, Genesis 6:14, page 21:
Derived terms
bitumed

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