Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A venomous serpent: same as
asp , but used chiefly in poetry. - noun A piece of ordnance of small caliber.
- noun The great lavender, Lavandula spica. See
lavender . - noun In cookery, a side dish consisting of a clear, savory meat-jelly containing fowl, game, fish, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc.
- noun A European species of lavender (
Lavandula spica ), which produces a volatile oil. Seespike . - noun Chiefly poetic The venomous asp.
- noun obsolete A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a dish in which ingredients are set into a
gelatine ,jelly -like substance made from a meat stock orconsommé . - noun obsolete an
asp , a small venomous snake of Egypt. - adjective
aspish ; relating to anasp , a small venomous snake of Egypt.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables
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Examples
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She wasn’t familiar with the term aspic, but when I described it, she said, Oh, of course.
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What matters more than a sweet reed or a princely doubling preserved if not in aspic then in memory?
Consolation from The Piping Times John 2009
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Have they moved on, embraced their sensitive avant-garde side and become aficionados of Animal Collective and their ilk, or are they still out there, preserved in aspic, lager in hand, just waiting for the right anthemic guitar-based noise to bring them back to life?
Brother (No 880) Paul Lester 2010
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Richards 'attitudes towards women seem to have been preserved in aspic around the time England last won the World Cup.
Rock's fake rebels Dorian Lynskey 2010
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What matters more than a sweet reed or a princely doubling preserved if not in aspic then in memory?
GOP Confronts Its Future Viability John 2009
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The trendy arts graduate of the 70s preserved in aspic does not see the contradiction.
Norman Baker Cheats On Campaign Funding Newmania 2007
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The trendy arts graduate of the 70s preserved in aspic does not see the contradiction.
Archive 2007-12-16 Newmania 2007
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Perhaps Thompson will get adulation from the US wingnut press, where Thatcher’s image is preserved in aspic, but the British press isn’t likely to be impressed.
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Far from exhibiting the "nihilistic selfishness" of trying to "preserve" things in "aspic" - of which planning minister Greg Clark has accused the reforms' opponents - Oakham has accepted that it should be a focus for future housing growth.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Geoffrey Lean 2012
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Similarly, the light gun called _áspide_ or aspic, meaning "asp-like," was named after the venomous asp.
Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America Albert Manucy
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