pissasphalt

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PIS'SASPHALT, noun [Gr. pitch, and asphalt.] Earth-pitch; pitch mixed with bitumen, natural or artificial; a fluid opake mineral substance, thick and inflammable, but leaving a residuum after burning.
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