Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Asp \Asp\, n. (Bot.)
Same as {Aspen}. ``Trembling poplar or asp.'' --Martyn.
Asp \Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF. aspe,
F. aspic.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent
countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the {Naja haje}.
The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to
{Vipera aspis} of southern Europe. See {Haje}.
Aspen \Asp"en\ ([a^]s"p[e^]n), Asp \Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [AS.
[ae]sp, [ae]ps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. ["o]sp, Dan. [ae]sp,
Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, ["a]spe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa,
Lith. apuszis.] (Bot.)
One of several species of poplar bearing this name,
especially the {Populus tremula}, so called from the
trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest
impulse of the air.
Source : WordNet®
asp
n 1: of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder
[syn: {asp viper}, {Vipera aspis}]
2: cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over
life and death [syn: {Egyptian cobra}, {Naja haje}]
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
ASP
1. {Active Server Pages}.
2. {application service provider}.
3. A {query language}(?).
[Sammet 1969, p.702].
4. {Attached Support Processor}.
(2000-07-08)