Webster's Dictionary 1913

6454

Aspection

As‐pec″tion (�), n. [L. aspectio, fr. aspicere to look at.] The act of viewing; a look.

6455

Aspen

{ Asp″en (ăs″pĕn), Asp (ȧsp), } n. [AS. æsp, æps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. ösp, Dan. æsp, Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, äspe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa, Lith. apuszis.] (Bot.) One of s...

6456

Aspen (2)

Asp″en (ăs″pĕn), a. Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze.Gay.

6457

Asper

As″per (ăs″pẽr), a. [OE. aspre, OF. aspre, F. âpre, fr. L. asper rough.] Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. “An asper sound.” Bacon.

6458

Asper (2)

‖As″per (ăs″pẽr), n. [L. spiritus asper rough breathing.] (Greek Gram.) The rough breathing; a mark (ʽ) placed over an initial vowel sound or over ρ to show that it is aspirated...

6459

Asper (3)

‖As″per, n. [F. aspre or It. aspro, fr. MGr. ἄσπρον, ἄσπροσ, white (prob. from the whiteness of new silver coins).] A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value...

6460

Asperate

As″per‐ate (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Asperated; p. pr. & vb. n.Asperating.] [L. asperatus, p. p. of asperare, fr. asper rough.] To make rough or uneven.The asperated part of its s...

6461

Asperation

As′per‐a″tion (�), n. The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough. Bailey.

6462

Asperges

‖As‐per″ges (�), n.(R. C. Ch.) (a) The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water. (b) The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

6463

Aspergill

{ As″per‐gill (�), ‖As′per‐gil″lum (�), } n. [LL. aspergillum, fr. L. aspergere. See Asperse, v. t.] 1. The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on ...

6464

Aspergilliform

As′per‐gil″li‐form (�), a. [Aspergillum + -form.] (Bot.) Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma. Gray.

6465

Asperifoliate

{ As′per‐i‐fo″li‐ate (�), As′per‐i‐fo″li‐ous (�), } a. [L. asper rough + folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having rough leaves.☞ By some applied to the natural order now called Boraginaceæ o...

6466

Asperity

As‐per″i‐ty (�), n.; pl.Asperities (�). [L. asperitas, fr. asper rough: cf. F. aspérité.] 1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; — opposed to smoothness. “The asperities of dry bo...

6467

Aspermatous

A‐sper″ma‐tous (�), a. [Gr. ἀ priv. + �, �, seed.] (Bot.) Aspermous.

6468

Aspermous

A‐sper″mous, a. [Gr. �; ἀ priv. + � seed.] (Bot.) Destitute of seeds; aspermatous.

6469

Asperne

A‐sperne″ (�), v. t. [L. aspernari; a (ab) + spernari.] To spurn; to despise. Sir T. More.

6470

Asperous

As″per‐ous (�), a. [See Asper, a.] Rough; uneven. Boyle.

6471

Asperse

As‐perse″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Aspersed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Aspersing.] [L. aspersus, p. p. of aspergere to scatter, sprinkle; ad + spargere to strew. See Sparse.] 1. To spri...

6472

Aspersed

As‐persed″ (�), a. 1. (Her.) Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered or strewed over the surface. Cussans.2. Bespattered; slandered; calumniated. Motley.

6473

Asperser

As‐pers″er (�), n. One who asperses; especially, one who vilifies another.

6474

Aspersion

As‐per″sion (�), n. [L. aspersio, fr. aspergere: cf. F. aspersion.] 1. A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.Behold an immersion, not and aspersion.Jer. Taylor...

6475

Aspersive

As‐pers″ive (�), a. Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous. — As‐pers″ive‐ly, adv.

6476

Aspersoir

‖As′per′soir″ (�), n. An aspergill.

6477

Aspersorium

‖As′per‐so″ri‐um (�), n.; pl.Aspersoria (�). [LL. See Asperse.] 1. The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.2. A brush for sprinkling holy wat...

6478

Asphalt

{ As″phalt (�), As‐phal″tum (�), } n. [Gr. �, of eastern origin: cf. F. asphalte.] 1. Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown c...

6479

Asphalt (2)

As″phalt, v. t. To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets.

6480

Asphalte

‖As′phalte″ (�), n. [F. See Asphalt.] Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2.