Asp: Definition and part of speech

Asp

n. 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.
n. Same as Aspen.

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.

n. One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites.

n. A water newt.
v. t. To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; — often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.
v. t. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity; as, what price do you ask?
v. t. To interrogate or inquire of or concerning; to put a question to or about; to question.
v. t. To invite; as, to ask one to an entertainment.
v. t. To publish in church for marriage; — said of both the banns and the persons.
v. i. To request or petition; — usually followed by for; as, to ask for bread.
v. i. To make inquiry, or seek by request; — sometimes followed by after.

adv. Sideways; obliquely; with a side glance; with disdain, envy, or suspicion.

n. Something spoken aside; as, a remark made by a stageplayer which the other players are not supposed to hear.
adv. On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart.
adv. Out of one’s thoughts; off; away; as, to put aside gloomy thoughts.
adv. So as to be heard by others; privately.