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Same as Aspen. "Trembling poplar or asp." Martyn.

A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil. Ecclus. xxiv. 15.

us, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine.

Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables.

much branched stems, and very slender branchlets which are sometimes mistaken for leaves. Asparagus racemosus is a shrubby climbing plant with fragrant flowers. Specifically: The Asparagus officinalis, a species cultivated in gardens.

Pertaining to, or derived, asparagine; as, aspartic acid.

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance. [R.] "The basilisk killeth by aspect." Bacon. His aspect was bent on the ground. Sir W. Scott.

The ratio of the long to the short side of an aëroplane, aërocurve, or wing.

Capable of being; visible. "The aspectable world." Ray. "Aspectable stars." Mrs. Browning.

Facing each other.

Having an aspect. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

The act of viewing; a look. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood. Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. Gay.

One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the Populus tremula, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air.

Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] "An asper sound." Bacon.

To make rough or uneven. The asperated part of its surface. Boyle.

The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough. Bailey.

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

used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people. [Also written aspergillus.]

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