bitume en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /bɪˈtjuːm/
- /bɪˈtuːm/
Etymology
From Middle French bitume. Doublet of bitumen.
Meanings
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(obsolete, poetic, uncountable) 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: