Part 685

<i>Udall.</i>

<blockquote>Leaning long upon any part maketh it numb, and, as we call it, <b>asleep</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Aslope</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>A*slope"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>slope</ets>.]</ety> <def>Slopingly; aslant; declining from an upright direction; sloping.</def> "Set them not upright, but <i>aslope</i>."

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Aslug</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>A*slug"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>slug</ets> to move slowly.]</ety> <def>Sluggishly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Fotherby.</i>

<h1>Asmear</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>A*smear"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>smear</ets>.]</ety> <def>Smeared over.</def>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Asmonean</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>As`mo*ne"an</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; <as>as, the <ex>Asmonean</ex> dynasty</as>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Asmon\'91an</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Asmonean</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>As`mo*ne"an</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 <sc>b. c.</sc></def>

<h1>Asoak</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>A*soak"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>soak</ets>.]</ety> <def>Soaking.</def>

<h1>Asomatous</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>A*so"ma*tous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>asomatus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ priv. + <?/ body.]</ety> <def>Without a material body; incorporeal.</def>

<i>Todd.</i>

<h1>Asonant</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>As"o*nant</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> not + <ets>sonant</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not sounding or sounded.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>C. C. Felton.</i>

<h1>Asp</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>Asp</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Aspen</er>.</def> "Trembling poplar or <i>asp</i>."

<i>Martyn.</i>

<h1>Asp</h1> <Xpage=89>

<hw>Asp</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aspis</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/: cf. OF. <ets>aspe</ets>, F. <ets>aspic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the <i>Naja haje</i>. The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to <spn>Vipera aspis</spn> of southern Europe. See <er>Haje</er>.</def>