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Definition of Asp viper
1. Noun. Of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asp Viper
Literary usage of Asp viper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language to which is Appended an English by Lorrin Andrews (1865)
"2. Sinking, as in the mire ; loose ; yielding. MOO-MA-KE, ». Moo and make, death.
Name of a deadly reptile in Isa. 11:8; asp; viper. lob. 20:16. MOO-MOO, ». ..."
2. Dictionary of the Apostolic Church by James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, John Chisholm Lambert (1918)
"Gn 49") and attacks the wayfarer. It is 12 or 18 ins. long, and of a sandy colour
with brown or blackish spots. See, further, ASP, VIPER ..."
3. The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties by George Lillie Craik, Francis Wayland (1847)
"It is probable that this serpent was similar to the asp viper. The basilisk of
modern Naturalists is a different animal. Bassora, a city in the northeast ..."
4. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth (1829)
"... it is probable that it was a speck-* somewhat similar to the cobra da capello,
or the asp viper. ..."
5. Tales of France by Auguste Marius Marin, Anatole Le Braz, Jules Claretie, François Coppée, Georges d' Esparbès (1904)
"Asia. aspect, H1.. aspect, sight, appearance. look. aspérité, /., asperity,
roughness. aspic, m., aspic, asp. viper. aspirer, to aspire, inhale. assaillir, ..."
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