English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Aspect (n.)

To behold; to look at.

Aspectable (a.)

Capable of being; visible.

Aspectant (a.)

Facing each other.

Aspected (a.)

Having an aspect.

Aspection (n.)

The act of viewing; a look.

Aspen (n.)

Alt. of Asp

Aspen (a.)

Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.

Asper (n.)

The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h/s, "rh`twr, pronounced hra"t/r.

Asper (n.)

A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.

Asper (a.)

Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.

Asperate (v. t.)

To make rough or uneven.

Asperated (imp. & p. p.)

of Asperate

Asperating (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Asperate

Asperation (n.)

The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.

Asperges (n.)

The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.

Asperges (n.)

The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.

Aspergill (n.)

Alt. of Aspergillum

Aspergilliform (a.)

Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma.

Aspergillum (n.)

See Wateringpot shell.

Aspergillum (n.)

The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.