A sell us (aselus)

[L., dim. of asinus, an a : see a 1.] 1. [Pl. Aselli (-i).] A name given to each of the two stars y and d Cancri, lying east of the quadrangle of that constellation.-2. [NL.] The typical genus of the family Asellida. A. aquatic us, the water hoglouse, is a common form in fresh water. asemia (a-sē'mi-ä), n. [NL., a symbol i a. asepsis (a-sep's is), n. [NL., tation, or putrefaction. a septicity (as-ep-tis'i-ti), n. [ Huxley , Lay Sermons, p. 311. Asgard (as'gärd), n. [ āsgardhr , ā , a god , + gardhr , an inclosure, = E. yard2 : see As3 , garth1 , and yard2 .] In Norse myth ., the abode of the twelve gods and twenty-six godde es, and of heroes slain in battle, formed of the eyebrows of the giant Ymer. In the midst of Asgard were the plain of Ida (Idavöllr), where the gods a embled in council, and Odin's throne (Hlidskjalf). several gods and godde es had their own dwellings, and Valhalla (Odin's hall), Gladsheim (the special hall of the gods), and Vingolf (that of the godde es) were common meeting-places for them all. Asgard was connected with Midgard (the earth) by the bridge Bifrost. The