v. Obs. rare. [f. bituume, obs. form of BITUMEN.] To smear or spread with bitumen.

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1601.  Shaks., Per., III. i. 72. We have a chest beneath the hatches, caulk’d and bitumed ready. Ibid., III. ii. 56. How close ’tis caulk’d and bitumed [Other edd. bottomed].

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