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Having an indefinite number of small charges scattered or strewed over the surface. Cussans.

One who asperses; especially, one who vilifies another.

A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense. Behold an immersion, not and aspersion. Jer. Taylor.

Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous. -- As*pers"ive*ly, adv.

An aspergill.

The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.

To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets.

o residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen.

Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2.

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous. "Asphaltic pool." "Asphaltic slime." Milton.

Asphaltic.

See Asphalt.

A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.

Pertaining to asphyxia.

th, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases.

Of or relating to asphyxia; as, asphyxial phenomena.

To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate.

In a state of asphyxia; suffocated.

The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.

The venomous asp. [Chiefly poetic] Shak. Tennyson.