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

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