(n) :
mineral
pitch; a black,
tarry substance, burning with a bright flame;
Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in
cements, in the construction of
pavements, et cetera; by extension, any one of the natural
hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid,
brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid
maltha and mineral
tars, the oily
petrolea, and even the light, volatile
naphthas