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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Haye \Ha"ye\, n. [Ar. hayya snake.]
(Zo["o]l.)
The Egyptian asp or cobra (Naja haje.) It is related to the
cobra of India, and like the latter has the power of
inflating its neck into a hood. Its bite is very venomous. It
is supposed to be the snake by means of whose bite Cleopatra
committed suicide, and hence is sometimes called Cleopatra's
snake or asp. See Asp.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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