Aslant

a-slant', adj. or adv. on the Slant obliquely. Asleep, a-slep', adj or adv, in sleep: sleeping. Aslope. a-slOp', adj. or aeti’. on the Slope Asp. asp, Aspic, asp'ik, n. a very venomous serpent. [Fr. —L. and Gr. aspis. Asparagus, as-pai'a-gu.', u. garden vegetable. [L. —Gr. asParagos. Aspect, as'pekt, «. look view apj>earance position in relation to the points of the compa the situation of one planet with respect to another, as.seen from the eaith. [L. aspect us — ad, at, speclo to look.] Aspen, asp'en, «. the trembling poplar. adj. made of, or like the aspen. IA S. a‘sj, Ger. aspei] Asperity, as-per'i-ti. n. roughne harshne . Fr —L. a spent as - asper, rough.] Asperse, as-pers', v to slander or calumniate. — |L nspergo, -sjersum ad, to, on, sparge, to scatter. Aspersion, as-per'.ihun. n. calumny slander. Asphalt, as-falt', Asphaltum, ax-fali'um, n. a haul, bituminous substance, anciently used as a cement, and now for paving, . adj As phalt'lc. IGr a\phaito$, an Eastern word Asphodel, as'to-del, u. a kind of lily. [See Daffodil.] Asphyxia, a-sfiksVa, «. [lit suspended animation, suffocation — ad/. Asphyxiated. (Gr a — stopping of the pulse a, neg sphyzd to throb. Aspirant, as-plr'ant, u. one who aspires: a Candida le. Aspirate, as'pir-ut, v to pronounce with a full — breathing, as the letter h in house. n. a mark of ampliation an aspirated letter — Aspiration, as-pir-u's hun, n pronunciation of a letter wuh a full breathing. [L. ad, and spiro, to breathe.]