Aspic

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Aspic
Author: Noah Webster

ASP’IC, n. [L. aspis; Gr. a round shield and an asp; supposed to be from Heb. to gather in, or collect; from the coil of this serpent, with his head elevated in the center, like the boss of a buckler.]

A small poisonous serpent of Egypt and Libya, whose bite occasions inevitable death, but without pain. It is said that the celebrated Cleopatra, rather than be carried a captive to Rome by Augustus, suffered death by the bite of the asp; but the fact has been questioned. Authors are not agreed, as to what species the asp of the ancients should be referred. Bruce thinks it the coluber cerastes. Linne.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Aspic," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed July 5, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L89F6BS1I6NV5UE.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Aspic." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 5 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L89F6BS1I6NV5UE.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Aspic' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 5 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=L89F6BS1I6NV5UE.