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Asp

//æsp// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Acronym of Armament Systems and Procedures, a US manufacturer of batons, restraints, and other products targeted at police and security.; A customised pistol produced by this company until 1987.
  2. 2
    Acronym of Armament Systems and Procedures, a US manufacturer of batons, restraints, and other products targeted at police and security.; A telescopic baton manufactured by this company.
  3. 3
    Initialism of Active Server Pages. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of application service provider. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    A water snake. archaic
  3. 3
    An aspen tree.
  4. 4
    Initialism of Act of the Scottish Parliament. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

    "Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (2009 asp 9)"

  5. 5
    cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death wordnet
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  1. 6
    Initialism of average selling price or (more rarely) average sale(s) price. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 7
    A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis).
  3. 8
    of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder wordnet
  4. 9
    Initialism of ammunition supply point. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  5. 10
    The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje).
  6. 11
    Initialism of accessibility / assistance / accompaniment service provider. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  7. 12
    An evil person; a snake. figuratively

    "'Two thousand years ago did thou and I and that Egyptian asp rest therein, but since then have I not set foot here, nor any man, and perchance it has fallen,' and, followed by the rest of us, she passed up a vast flight of broken and ruined steps into the outer court, and looked round into the gloom."

  8. 13
    A type of European fish (Aspius aspius).
  9. 14
    The caterpillar of various types of flannel moths which induce an intense pain when their hair is touched. Southern-US
  10. 15
    The caterpillar of various types of flannel moths which induce an intense pain when their hair is touched.; Any caterpillar which inflicts a sharp pain when their hair is touched. Southern-US, broadly

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English aspe, from Old French aspe, from Latin aspis, aspidis (“asp, viper”), from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield; Egyptian cobra Naja haje”); compare Middle English aspide.

Etymology 2

From Middle English aspe (aspen (in compounds)), from Old English æspe (æspan (in compounds)), from Proto-West Germanic *aspu, from Proto-Germanic *aspō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp-. See also Dutch esp, German Espe, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål asp, Norwegian Nynorsk osp; also Welsh aethnen, Latin abiēs (“fir”), Latvian apse, Polish osa, Old Armenian ոփի (opʻi, “poplar”).

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