软沥青; 土沥青
Maltha \Mal"tha\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. A variety of bitumen, viscid and tenacious, like pitch, unctuous to the touch, and exhaling a bituminous odor. 2. Mortar. [Obs.] --Holland.
maltha n : a thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt [syn: {mineral tar}]