See also:

• ASP ( Vipera aspis)

ASP ( Vipera aspis)  , a See also:

• SPECIES

species of venomous snake, closely allied to the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• ADDER

adder of See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, which it represents throughout the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern parts of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, being specially abundant in the region of the See also:

• ALPS

Alps . It differs from the adder in having the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head entirely covered with scales, See also:

• SHIELDS, JAMES (181b-1879)

shields being absent, and in having the snout somewhat turned up . The See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• ASP ( Vipera aspis)

Asp " (avais) seems to have been employed by See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and See also:

• ROMAN

Roman writers, and by writers generally down to comparatively See also:

• RECENT

recent times, to designate more than one species of See also:

• SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent; thus the asp, by means of which See also:

• CLEOPATRA

Cleopatra is said to have ended her See also:

• LIFE

life, and so avoided the disgrace of entering See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome a See also:

• CAPTIVE (from Lat. capere, to take)

captive, is now generally supposed to have been the cerastes, or horned See also:

• VIPER

viper (Cerastes See also:

• CORNUTUS, LUCIUS ANNAEUS

cornutus), of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa and See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia, a snake about 15 in. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, exceedingly venomous, and provided with curious See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn-like protuberances over each See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye, which give it a decidedly sinister See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance . The snake, however, to which the word " asp " has been most commonly applied is undoubtedly the haje of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, the See also:

• SPY
• SPY (from " to spy " or " espy"; 0. Fr. espie, espier, to spy, watch; cf. Ger. spdhen, Lat. specere, to look; the Fr. term " espionage "is of course from the same source)

spy-slange or spitting snake of the Boers (Naja haje), one of the very poisonous Elarinae, from 3 to 4 ft. long, with the skin of its See also:

• NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck loose, so as to render it dilatable at the will of the See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal, as in the See also:

• COBRA (Naja tripudians)

cobra of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, a species from which it differs only in the See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of the spectacle-like See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark on the back of the neck . Like the cobra, also, the haje has its fangs extracted by the jugglers of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, who afterwards See also:

• TRAIN (M. Eng. trayn or trayne, derived through Fr. from Late Lat. trahinare, to drag, draw, Lat. trahere, cf. trail, trace, ultimately from the same source)

train it to perform various tricks . The asp (Pethen, ins) is mentioned in various parts of the Old Testament . This name is twice translated " adder," but as nothing is told of it beyond its poisonous See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and the intractability of its disposition, it is impossible accurately to determine the species .