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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

asp popular name for several species of viper , one of which, the European asp ( Vipera aspis ), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra ( Naja haja ). It is believed that the asp that tradition says Cleopatra used to commit suicide was either that cobra or the horned viper ( Cerastes cornutus ) of N Africa.

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World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Copyright

asp Popular name for two species of viper, the asp viper of s Europe (Vipera aspis), and the Egyptian asp, a horned, side-winding viper of n Africa (Cerastes cerastes). Both are weakly venomous and eat small animals. Family: Viperidae.
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

asp2 small viper of N. Africa. XVI. — OF. aspe or its source L. aspis — Gr. aspis, aspid-. The L. form was formerly (XIV) current in Eng., as well as aspic (XVI) — F.; also †aspide — OF.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

asp another name for the Egyptian cobra; it is particularly associated with Cleopatra, who is said to have committed suicide by allowing herself to be bitten by an asp, and has become a type of venomous poison.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "asp." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

asp1 tree of the poplar family. OE. æspe = OHG. aspa (G. espe is from the adj. espen) :- Gmc. *aspōn. Rel. Russ. osína, OPruss. abse, Lith. ēpuše. Superseded by ASPEN.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

asp / asp/ • n. (also asp viper) a small southern European viper (Vipera aspis) with an upturned snout. ∎  another term for Egyptian cobra.

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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ASP • abbr. application service provider, a company providing Internet access to software applications that would otherwise have to be installed on individual computers.

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A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

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A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

ASP See ACTIVE SERVER PAGES®.
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A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

asp (Vipera aspis) See VIPERIDAE.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

asp •asp •clasp, gasp, grasp, hasp, rasp •crisp, lisp, will-o'-the-wisp, wisp •wasp • woodwasp • cusp

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The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

ASP Commerce accepté sous protêt (French: accepted under protest)
• US Air Force aerospace plane
• African Special Project (of the IUCN)
• (Tanzania) Afro-Shirazi Party
• American selling price
• (æsp) (USA) Anglo-Saxon Protestant
• Astronomical Society of the Pacific
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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "ASP." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

Asp (or asp) Biochem. aspartic acid
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