ASPEN
Asp"en, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen
wood.
Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. Gay.
ASPER
As"per, a. Etym: [OE. aspre, OF. aspre, F. âpre, fr. L. asper rough.]
Defn: Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] "An asper sound." Bacon.
ASPER
As"per, n. Etym: [L. spiritus asper rough breathing.] (Greek Gram.)
Defn: The rough breathing; a mark placed over an initial vowel sound or over h before it; thus hws, pronounced h, hrj'twr, pronounced hra\'b6t.
ASPER
As"per, n. Etym: [F. aspre or It. aspro, fr. MGr.
Defn: A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.
ASPERATE
As"per*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Asperated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Asperating.] Etym: [L. asperatus, p. p. of asperare, fr. asper
rough.]
Defn: To make rough or uneven.
The asperated part of its surface. Boyle.