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
Resembling the aspergillum in form; as, an aspergilliform stigma.
See Wateringpot shell.
The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.