asinus ad lyram (L.), an ass at the lyre, one ignorant of music.
askesis, ascesis (Late L.—Gr.); training: the monastic life, asceticism.
Asmodeus, Asmoday, an evil spirit of Semitic mythology, whose functions are seen in Le Sage's story, Le Diable Boiteux.
Aspasia, a gifted Athenian courtesan, mistress of Pericles—any charming and accomplished woman of easy morals.
assez bien (Fr.), pretty well.
assiette (Fr.), plate, course of meat.
assonancia, assonancy (Sp.), assonance.
assora (Ar. al-sūra), a chapter or section of the Koran.
astatki (Turk.), refuse petroleum.
Astolfo, Astolpho, the name of one of Charlemagne's paladins.