Aspic

['æspɪk]

Definition

(noun.) savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.

Edited by Abraham--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The venomous asp.

(n.) A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.

(n.) A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike.

(n.) A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc.

Checked by Alyson

Definition

n. a savoury meat-jelly containing fish game hard-boiled eggs &c.

n. a popular name applied loosely to various genera of venomous serpents—now chiefly to the Vipera aspis of Southern Europe. Cleopatra's asp was probably the small Vipera hasselquistii or horned viper: the biblical asp (Heb. pethen) was probably the Egyptian juggler's snake (Naja haje).

n. (poet.) a venomous serpent.

Editor: Stanton