ASP ASP
>r 107, uSt 103—tube 171, tub 172, bull 173—Ml 299—p&&nd SIS— thin 400, t«i«400.
ASCITICAL, as-sit'e-kiil, 7 a. 507. Dropsi-
A8CIT1CK, as-sit'ik, ' ] eal.hydropical.ASCIT1TIOUS, as-sc-dsh'fis, a. Supple-mental, additional
ASCRIBARLE, is-skri'bH-bl, a. 405. That
which may be ascribed.
To ASCRIBE, ils-krlbe', v. a. To attributeto as a cause ; to attribute to as a possessor.ASCRIPTION, ds-krtp'shun, s. The act ofascribing.
ASCRIPTITIOUS, as-krlp-tlsh'us, a. That
which is ascribed.
Ash A ah « A trpf»
AShIcOLOURED, ashTcul-urd,a. Colouredbetween brown and gray. 362.
ASHAMED, 4-slia med,a.359,362. Touchedwith shame.
ASHEN, ash'shen, a. 103, 359. Made of ashwood.
ASHES, ashlz, s. 99. The remains of anytiling burnt; the remains of the body.ASHAVEDNESDAY, dsh-vreuz dk, s . liiefirst day of Lent , so called from the ancientcustom of sprinkling ashes on the head.
ASHLAR, ash'ldr, 5 . Free stones as they
come out of the quarry.
ASHLERING, ash'lur-ing, s. 555. Quar-tering in garrets. A term in building.ASHORE, a-shore', ad. On shore, on theland ; to the shore, to the land.
ASHWEED, ilsh'weed, s . An herb.
ASHY, ash'e, a. Ash-coloured, pale, in-clined to a whitish gray.
ASIDE, a-slde', ad. To one side; to an-other part; from the company.
ASINARY, as'sc-uii-re, a. Belonging toan ass
ASININE, as'se-nlne, a. 149. Belonging toan ass.
To ASK, &sk, t\ a. 79. To petition, to beg;to demand, to claim ; to inquire, to questionto require.
ASKANCE, K 1? , f ad. 214. Side-
ASKAUNCE,J u-skanse, | waySj
liquelv.
ASKAUXT, u-sk&nt', ad. 214. Obliquely,
on one side.
ASKER,ilsk'ur,s. 98. Petitioner; inquirer.ASKER, ask'ur. s. A water-newt.
ASKEW, a-sku', ad. Aside, with contempt,conieniptuoublj’.
To ASLAKE, a-slake', v. a. To remit, toslacken.
ASLANT, a-sljnt', ad. 78. Obliquely, on
one side.
ASLEEP, ^-sleep^nd. Sleeping ; into sleep.ASLOPE, il-slope', ad. W ith declivity, ob-liquely.
ASP, or ASPICK, &sp, or ils'plk, s. A kind. Ser l.’t-M, whose poison is so dangerous and||n its operation that it kills without apossibility of applying any remedy. Thosethat are bitten hy it die by sleep and le-thargy. J J r
ASP, asp, s. A tree.
ASPALA1HCS, as-pila-thus,... A plantcalled llie wood of Jerusalem ; ilie wood ofcenain tree.
ASPARAGUS, as-p&r a-g6s, a.
of a plant.
£3* This word Jj vnlgarly pronounced Sparrott*grass* It may be observed that such words as thevulgar do not know how to spell, and which conveyno definite idea of the thing, arc* frequently changedby them into such words as they do Know how tospell, and which do couvey some definite idea. Theword in question is an instance of it: ami the corrup-tion of this word into Sparrougrass is 8° general,that asparagus hus an air of btitintss and pedautry.See Luntcrn.
ASPECT, ils'pekt, s. Look, air, appear-ance ; countenance ; glance, view, act of be-holding; direction towardsany point, position ;disposition of any thing to something else,relation; disposition of a planet to otherplanets,
fcj* This word, as a noun, was universally pro-nounced with the accent on the last syllable till aboutthe middle of the seventeenth century. It grew anti-quated in Milton's time, and it now entirely obso-lete. Dr. Farmer's observations on this word, in hisno less solid thun ingenious Essay on The Learningof Shakespeare, are so curious, as well as juit, thatthe reader will, 1 doubt not, be obliged to me forquoting them:
“ Sometimes a very little matter detects a forgery.You may remember a play called the Double False-** hood, which Mr. Theobald was desirous of palming” upon (he world for a posthumous one of Shakespeare :and I sec it is classed as such in the last edition ofthe Bodleian catalogue. Mr. I’ope himself, afterall the strictures of Scriblerus , in a letter to AaronHill, supposes it of that age ; but a mistaken accentdetermines it to have been written since the middleof the last century :
This late example
“ Of base Henriquez, bleeding in me now,
“ From each good aspect takes away my trust.”
And in another place,
** You have an aspect, Sir, of wondrous wisdom.*
“ The word aspect, you perceive, is here accented<( on th ejirst sellable, which, l am confident, in any“ sense of it, was never the case in the time of“ Shakespeare ; though it may sometimes appear to be“ so, when wc do not observe a preceding elision.
“ Some of the proiessed imitators of our old poets“ have not attended to this and many other minuti# .*“ I could point out to you several perfoimances in“ the respective styles of Chaucer , Spenser, and** Shakespeare , which tire imitated bard could not“ possibly have either read or construed.
“ This, very accent hath troubled the annotators onMilton. Di. Bentley observes it to be ‘a tone dif-" ferent from the present use.’ Mr. Manwaiing, inbis Treatise of Harmony and lumbers, very so-lemnly informs us that this verse is defective bothin acceut and quantity.
a ijia words here ended ; but his meek aspect,
“ Silent, yet spake.’
" Here says he, a syllable is acuted and long,“ whereat it khuulil be sliort end graved!"
•* And a still more extraordinary gentleman, one“ Green, who published a specimen of a new version“ of the Paradise Lost , into blank verse, by which“ that amazing work is brought somewhat Heart** the" summit of perfection,’ begins with correcting abluuder in the fourth book,
The name
_« The setting sun (
‘ Slowly descended,«
__ , and with right aspect-*
Level I’d his evening rayt.’»
** Not so in the tiew version:
M Meanwhile the setting sun descending slow—
“ Levelfd with aspect tight his ev’ning rays."
“ Fnottgh of such commentator*.—'The celebrated
*• Dr. Dee had » spirit, who would sometimes cou-“ descend to correct him, when peccant in quantity ;“ ami it had l, ecu kind of him to have a little assisted“ the wights nbove mentioned.—Milton affected the«« antique ; but it may seem more extraordinary tfcat<* the old accent should be adopted in fludibroit*
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