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bituminous, a.|bɪˈtjuːmɪnəs|
Also 7 -enous.
[a. F. bitumineux, ad. L. bitūminōs-us: see -ous.]
1. Of the nature of or resembling bitumen, consisting of or containing bitumen. (Sometimes with reference to the ‘burning lake’ of Hell.)
1620Venner Via Recta Introd. 8 Which rise from sulphurous, bituminous, or metalline places. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. ii. x. 133 The liquid flames of pitch and a bituminous bath. 1667Milton P.L. xii. 41 The Plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge Boiles out from under ground, the mouth of Hell. 1774J. Bryant Mythol. I. 279 In Seleucia..there was a like bituminous eruption. 1826Scott Woodst. xvi, Others swore they had smelt savours of various kinds, chiefly bituminous 1830M. Donovan Dom. Econ. I. 135 This coal..has a bituminous fracture.
b. spec. in the scientific or technical names of various minerals, manufactures, etc., as bituminous coal, bituminous limestone, bituminous schist, bituminous shale; bituminous cement, bituminous mastic.
1830Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 219 Bituminous shales. 1842Miller O.R. Sandst. ii. (ed. 2) 55 Dark-coloured bituminous schist. 1875Ure Dict. Arts I. 755 The bituminous or black cement for bottle-corks consists of pitch hardened by the addition of resin and brick-dust. Ibid. III. 119 Bituminous limestone..containing various hydrocarbon compounds, diffusing by the action of fire a bituminous odour. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 67 Bituminous coals..burn..with a brilliant flame.
†2. ? Cemented with bitumen. Obs.
1658J. Burbury Christina Q. Swedl. 112 The walls..are strong and bituminous and abound with ancient towers.
3. fig. (Cf. sulphurous.)
1878N. Amer. Rev. 329 It is only about a hundred years since Jonathan Edwards dropped his bituminous rhetoric upon the tender sensibilities of the unconverted. |