v. [f. L. bitūmināt- ppl. stem of bitūmināre, to treat with BITUMEN.] Hence Bituminated ppl. a.

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  † 1.  trans. To cement with bitumen (as mortar).

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1628.  Feltham, Resolves, I. xlvi. (R.). The bituminated walls of Babylon.

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1656.  Blount, Glossogr., Bituminated, soldered or done with bitumen.

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  2.  To convert into or impregnate with bitumen.

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1799.  Kirwan, Geol. Ess., vi. 294. Trees carbonated, or bituminated sometimes repose on Coal. Ibid., 297. A bituminated clay. Ibid., 319. This carbonaceous part would never be bituminated and converted into coal if real bitumen were not present.

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