noun. Any of several venomous snakes, especially the viper Vipera aspis of southern Europe, the cobra Naja haje of Africa and the Middle East, or the horned viper.

noun. A very venomous serpent of Egypt, celebrated in connection with the story of Cleopatra's suicide.

noun. The common viper or adder of Europe, a feebly poisonous serpent, formerly named Vipera communis, now Pelias berus, of the family Viperidæ. See cut under adder.

noun. A name of sundry other poisonous serpents.

noun. Aspic and aspick are obsolete or poetic forms.

noun. A European tree of the poplar family, Populus tremula.

noun. Same as aspen.

noun. A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the Naja haje. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to Vipera aspis of southern Europe. See haje.

noun. A water snake.

noun. A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis).

noun. The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje)

noun. A type of European fish (Aspius aspius).

noun. An aspen tree.

noun. of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder

noun. cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death

""The bark of what we call asp-wood, ma'am, which is a kind of sallow; they lay up great quantities of it in the autumn as a provision for winter, when they are frozen up for some months.""

cobra  viper  

agasp  clasp  gasp  grasp  rasp  

Thailand  Toledo  aa  accomodation  cholchan  

Aspen  aspen  haje