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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
maltha
 
SYLLABICATION:mal·tha
PRONUNCIATION:  mlth
NOUN: A black, viscous natural bitumen.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English malthe, from Latin maltha, from Greek, a mixture of wax and pitch. See mel-1 in Appendix I.
 
 
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