asp

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Cleopatra learned from them, it is said, that the bite of the asp was the easiest and least painful mode of death.

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  1. noun Any of several venomous snakes of Africa, Asia, and Europe, such as the small cobra (Naja haje) or the horned viper (Cerastes cornutus).

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  • The quaking-asp, balm and various other kinds of small timber that grew along the streams all helped to add to the beauty of the scene We crossed over to the west side to a cove that ran back some twelve miles from the main valley; here, we decided, was the best place to establish our winter quarters. —  Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains
  • I'm having a heck of a time figuring out how to write code that uses server controls such as asp: panel and asp: literal and renders valid xhtml. —  ASP.NET Forums
  • Problem is this middle tier component, even though it's declared outside the prerender event, is null inside the event handler for the asp: button. —  ASP.NET Forums
  • It was formerly believed that the asp, a dangerous kind of viper, made Lavender its habitual place of abode, so that the plant had to be approached with great caution Conserves of Lavender were much used in the time of Gerard, and desserts may be most pleasantly brought to the table on a service of Lavender spikes. —  Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
  • Their eyes, leaving Mr. Crusoe's, saw in one terrifying instant the shirt drying on the quaking-asp, the smoldering fire, the empty bean-can. —  Virginia of Elk Creek Valley
 

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  1. Middle English aspis, from Latin, from Greek.

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  1. from Middle English asp, aspe, espe, from Anglo-Saxon *æsp, æspe, aspe, espe, transposed æps, = Dutch esp = Old High German aspa, Middle High German aspe, German espe = Icel, ösp, asp, espi, aspen wood, = Danish Swedish asp, asp; origin unknown. The English form aspen is properly an adjective: see aspen.
  2. In Middle English as L., aspis; Old French aspe = Provencal aspic (later F. aspic, later English aspic, q. v.) = Spanish aspid, aspide = Portuguese Italian aspide, from Latin aspis (aspid-), from Greek ἀσπίς (ἀσπιδ-), an asp, Egyptian viper.
 

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