α. 1800s resinasphaltum.
β. 1800s resinasphalt.
† resinasphaltn.
Geology. Obsolete.
= retinasphalt n.
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1806 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Aug. 318 This result seems to bear some analogy to the substance called resinasphaltum, described by Mr. Hatchett.
1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 597 In the strata of this substance, Mr. Hatchet also observed small masses approaching to the nature of the lignite of Cologne, and which he called resinasphaltum, or resinasphalt.
1827 C. Fry Assistant of Educ. IX. 154 Here is another kind of Resin found in these beds, called Resin Asphalt.
1846 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 8 235 In 1840 I discovered a bed of lignite with resinasphalt..on the Malabar coast.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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