Aspic ASP'IC, n. [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.
aspic I. nounEtymology: Middle French, alteration of aspe, from Latin
aspisDate: 1530
obsoleteasp II II. nounEtymology: French, literally, asp Date: 1789
a clear savory jelly (as of fish or meat stock) used as a garnish or to
make a meat, fish, or vegetable mold
aspic n. a savoury meat jelly used as a garnish or to contain game, eggs, etc. Etymology: F, = ASP, from the colours of the jelly (compared to those of the asp)
aspic
ˈæspɪk n. a savoury meat jelly used as a garnish or to contain game,
eggs, etc. [F, = ASP, from the colours of the jelly (compared to those of
the asp)]
Aspic \As"pic\, n. [F., a corrupt. of spic (OF. espi, F.
['e]pi), L. spica (spicum, spicus), ear, spike. See Spike.]
A European species of lavender ({Lavandula spica}), which
produces a volatile oil. See Spike.
On most web browsers you can double click any word on this page to see what definitions I have for that word.
This dictionary server is not an authoratative source of information for anything. Like almost everything at sorabji.com, I set this up for my own purposes. In this case the purpose is to
browse words and ideas at random. An automatically generated page that produces 1000 Random Words
is my gateway to this resource. I also attempt a word of the day project,
in which I attempt to write something about myself starting with interesting words that I find through the Wordswarm Random Words Pages. I have made
available the complete 1828 Webster's Dictionary, which many feel is the greatest English dictionary ever published.
Other random links of mine include the Sorabji.com Random Link, which sends you to one of
over 7,000 pages on my web sites; the Face Server produces random images of
human faces; clicking the Random WAYD link shows you a random posting to my "What Are You Doing?" board; the Random USPS
Mailbox link sends you to a page with information about a random mailbox; and the random pictures page page of sorabji.com shows one of over 11,000 random images any time you load the page. On an unrelated note, I have begun making several thousand pages of legal documents searchable.
