Asp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Asp	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for Asp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
asp n of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder Synonym(s): asp, asp viper, Vipera aspis cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death Synonym(s): asp, Egyptian cobra, Naja haje
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asp \Asp\, n. (Bot.) Same as {Aspen}. [bd]Trembling poplar or asp.[b8] --Martyn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Asp \Asp\ ([adot]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF. aspe, F. aspic.] (Zo[94]l.) 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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Aspen \Asp"en\ ([acr]s"p[ecr]n), Asp \Asp\ ([adot]sp), n. [AS. [91]sp, [91]ps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. [94]sp, Dan. [91]sp, Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, [84]spe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa, Lith. apuszis.] (Bot.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Haye \Ha"ye\, n. [Ar. hayya snake.] (Zo[94]l.) The Egyptian asp or cobra ({Naja haje}.) It is related to the cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called {Cleopatra's snake} or {asp}. See {Asp}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
ASP 1. {Active Server Pages}. 2. {application service provider}. 3. A {query language}(?). [Sammet 1969, p.702]. 4. {Attached Support Processor}. (2000-07-08)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Asp (Heb. pethen), Deut. 32:33; Job 20:14, 16; Isa. 11:8. It was probably the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje), which was very poisonous (Rom. 3:13; Gr. aspis). The Egyptians worshipped it as the _uraeus_, and it was found in the desert and in the fields. The peace and security of Messiah's reign is represented by the figure of a child playing on the hole of the asp. (See {ADDER}.)