Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several venomous snakes, especially the viper Vipera aspis of southern Europe, the cobra Naja haje of Africa and the Middle East, or the horned viper.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A very venomous serpent of Egypt, celebrated in connection with the story of Cleopatra's suicide.
- noun The common viper or adder of Europe, a feebly poisonous serpent, formerly named Vipera communis, now Pelias berus, of the family Viperidæ. See cut under
adder . - noun A name of sundry other poisonous serpents.
- noun Aspic and aspick are obsolete or poetic forms.
- noun A European tree of the poplar family, Populus tremula.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Same as
aspen . - noun (Zoöl.) A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the
Naja haje . The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. toVipera aspis of southern Europe. Seehaje .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A water
snake . - noun A
venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis). - noun The Egyptian cobra (
Naja haje) - noun A type of European
fish (Aspius aspius). - noun An
aspen tree.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
- noun cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"The bark of what we call asp-wood, ma'am, which is a kind of sallow; they lay up great quantities of it in the autumn as a provision for winter, when they are frozen up for some months."
The Settlers in Canada Frederick Marryat 1820
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"The bark of what we call asp-wood, ma'am, which is a kind of sallow; they lay up great quantities of it in the autumn as a provision for winter, when they are frozen up for some months."
The Settlers in Canada Frederick Marryat 1820
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I quickly started building my site and actually made it somewhat functional although most pages where in asp, others in asp. net.
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The missing cobra is an adolescent of its hooded species, which is believed to be the type of snake that was called an asp in antiquity.
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The missing cobra is an adolescent of its hooded species, which is believed to be the type of snake that was called an asp in antiquity.
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When Marcus says “No caching functionality in asp. net is used” he probably means that content caching is not involved.
ASP.net and IIS 2 million pageviews per hour « The Paradigm Shift 2007
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The asp is a serpent who blocks his or her ears to avoid being enchanted by music.
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The asp is a serpent who blocks his or her ears to avoid being enchanted by music.
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The Egyptian ichneumon, when it sees the serpent called the asp, does not attack it until it has called in other ichneumons to help; to meet the blows and bites of their enemy the assailants beplaster themselves with mud, by first soaking in the river and then rolling on the ground.
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The asp is the largest and most beautiful of all; but that never, of its own accord, quits the
The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens Ammianus Marcellinus 1851
frindley commented on the word asp
The asp is a serpent that avoids the enchantment of music by pressing one ear against the ground and plugging the other ear with its tail. In some versions the asp guards a tree that drips balm; to get the balm men must first put the asp to sleep by playing or singing to it. Another version holds that the asp has a precious stone called a carbuncle in its head, and the enchanter must say certain words to the asp to obtain the stone.
October 12, 2008
john commented on the word asp
“Another law enforcement official said that investigators with a search warrant seized a retractable baton — called an asp — and a radio antenna from Officer Cruz’s locker.�?
The New York Times, Police Accuser Still in Hospital; Sharpton Visits, by Al Baker, Kareem Fahim and William K. Rashbaum, October 25, 2008
October 26, 2008
sionnach commented on the word asp
ASP: the asp has a strategy, to avoid enchantment by songs meant to lure it forth from its cavern, by pressing one ear to the ground and stopping the other with its tail. This same asp guards the tree from which balm drips, and if a man tries to steal the balm, he must first put the asp to sleep by means of instruments - that is, by music. Bruneta Latini says the asp carries a precious stone called the carbuncle which enchanters hope to obtain by saying certain words, but the asp deafens itself and defeats them; this stone is the dracontis or dragon stone described by Pliny and Solinus, which in two medieval lapidaries is identified with the carbuncle.
There are many kinds of asps. The first is the dipsas, which is so small it is not seen when trodden upon, and its bite kills before it is felt; its bite causes men to die of thirst. The next is hypnalis, called the prialis, which is the serpent from which Cleopatra got her death; it kills by sleep. The third is the haemorrhois: after the bite of this asp one sweats blood in such a way that life itself pours out through the veins. The fourth is the prester asp, which runs with its mouth open and steaming; its bite causes such swelling that the victim dies because putrefaction sets in. And the last is the seps, by the bite of which the whole body is consumed.
January 12, 2009
ecbrenner commented on the word asp
Also, application service provider
March 27, 2009
nuxiy commented on the word asp
or the programming language developed by Microsoft
March 27, 2009