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ASPIC (French, from Lat..aspis)

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 769 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ASPIC (
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French, from
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Lat..aspis)  , an
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asp or
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viper found in
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Egypt whose bite is supposed to cause a
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swift and easy
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death, hence poetically a
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term for any venomous snake . From association, perhaps, with the coldness of the
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aspic (as in the
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French
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proverb, fro-id comme un aspic), the word is used for a savoury jelly containing
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meat,
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fish or eggs, &c . It is also the botanical name of the Lavandula
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silica, or
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spikenard, from which a
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white, aromatic and highly inflammable oil is distilled, called huile d'aspic .

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