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.