Helen Fenton

Asperges: Definition and part of speech

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Asperges

  1. n. The brush or instrument used in sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
  2. n. The service or ceremony of sprinkling with holy water.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aspergillum: Definition and part of speech

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Aspergillum

  1. n. See Wateringpot shell.
  2. n. The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Asperity: Definition and part of speech

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Asperity

  1. n. Sharpness; disagreeableness; difficulty.
  2. n. Roughness of surface; unevenness; — opposed to smoothness.
  3. n. Roughness or harshness of sound; that quality which grates upon the ear; raucity.
  4. n. Roughness to the taste; sourness; tartness.
  5. n. Moral roughness; roughness of manner; severity; crabbedness; harshness; — opposed to mildness.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.