Definition of asper

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Asper (n.) The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus ws, pronounced h/s, rh`twr, pronounced hrat/r..

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Sola :: Sola (n.) A leguminous plant (Aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc..
Grate :: Grate (v. i.) To produce the effect of rubbing with a hard rough material; to cause wearing, tearing, or bruising. Hence; To produce exasperation, soreness, or grief; to offend by oppression or importunity..
Indignant :: Indignant (a.) Affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath, as when a person is exasperated by unworthy or unjust treatment, by a mean action, or by a degrading accusation..
Jasper :: "Jasper (n.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped / banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper..
Asperous :: Asperous (a.) Rough; uneven.
Scandal :: Scandal (n.) Reproachful aspersion; opprobrious censure; defamatory talk, uttered heedlessly or maliciously..
Porcelanite :: Porcelanite (n.) A semivitrified clay or shale, somewhat resembling jasper; -- called also porcelain jasper..
Hemachate :: Hemachate (n.) A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper..
Exasperate :: Exasperate (a.) Exasperated; imbittered.
Aspersoria :: Aspersoria (pl. ) of Aspersoriu.
Enneaspermous :: Enneaspermous (a.) Having nine seeds; -- said of fruits.
Acrimoniousness :: Acrimoniousness (n.) The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony.
Gaspereau :: Gaspereau (n.) The alewife.
Exasperate :: Exasperate (v. t.) To make grievous, or more grievous or malignant; to aggravate; to imbitter; as, to exasperate enmity..
Blood :: Blood (v. t.) To heat the blood of; to exasperate.
Asperities :: Asperities (pl. ) of Asperit.
Spatter :: Spatter (v. t.) Fig.: To injure by aspersion; to defame; to soil; also, to throw out in a defamatory manner..
Clasper :: Clasper (n.) One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril..
Aspersoir :: Aspersoir (n.) An aspergill.
Mollify :: Mollify (v. t.) To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground..
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