v. t.
a. [ Bitumen + -ferous. ] Producing bitumen. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. bituminisation. ] The process of bituminizing. Mantell. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
adj. of or pertaining to bitumen.
a. [ L. bituminosus: cf. F. bitumineux. ] Having the qualities of bitumen; compounded with bitumen; containing bitumen. [ 1913 Webster ]
Near that bituminous lake where Sodom flamed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bituminous coal,
Bituminous limestone,
Bituminous shale,
a. Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of depriving of bitumen. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To deprive of bitumen. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Containing no bitumen; not bituminous. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. statuminatus, p. p. of statuminare to prop, fr. statumen a prop, fr. statuere to place. ] To prop or support. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. tumidus, fr. tumere to swell; cf. Skr. tumra strong, fat. Cf. Thumb. ]
So high as heaved the tumid hills. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. The quality or state of being tumid. [ 1913 Webster ]