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Webster 1913 Edition

Aspic

As′pic

,
Noun.
[F. See
Asp
.]
1.
The venomous asp.
[Chiefly poetic]
Shak. Tennyson.
2.
A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.
[Obs.]

As′pic

,
Noun.
[F., a corrupt. of
spic
(OF.
espi
, F.
épi
), L.
spica
(
spicum
,
spicus
), ear, spike. See
Spike
.]
A European species of lavender (
Lavandula spica
), which produces a volatile oil. See
Spike
.

As′pic

,
Noun.
[F., prob. fr.
aspic
an asp.]
A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc.
Thackeray.

Webster 1828 Edition

Aspic

ASP'IC

,
Noun.
[L. aspis; Gr. a round shield and an asp; supposed to be from Heb. to gather in, or collect; from the coil of this serpent, with his head elevated in the center, like the boss of a buckler.]
A small poisonous serpent of Egypt and Libya, whose bite occasions inevitable death, but without pain. It is said that the celebrated Cleopatra, rather than be carried a captive to Rome by Augustus, suffered death by the bite of the asp; but the fact has been questioned. Authors are not agreed, as to what species the asp of the ancients should be referred. Bruce thinks it the coluber cerastes. Linne.

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