Obs. rare. Also 8 ’spaltham. [ad. med.L. aspaltum, var. asphaltum.] Asphalt or bitumen used as a varnish. Also attrib.
1532. in E. Law, Hampton Crt. Pal. (1885), I. 363. Payd to Henry Burd, groser of London, for 12 lb. of white lead,… 2 lb. of spaltain [sic].
1777. Foote, Taste, I. i. By the addition of your lumber-room dirt, and the salutary application of the ’spaltham pot, it became a Guido.
