aspic

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A meat or fish jelly.

   ““Put a little aspic in the mould, so as to cover the bottom ···“”

2. (countable, uncountable)A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé.

   “"I don't know what you mean, Mr. Wynand," whispered Keating. His eyes fixed upon the tomato aspic on his salad plate; it was soft and shivering; it made him sick.”

3. (countable, obsolete, poetic, uncountable)An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.

   “This is an aspic's trail: and these fig-leaves / Have slime upon them, such as the aspic leaves.”

   “(With that she tore her robe apart, and half / The polished argent of her breast to sight / Laid bare. Thereto she pointed with a laugh, / Showing the aspic's bite. )”

4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A light cannon firing a two-pound ball.

adj

1. (not-comparable)Aspish; relating to an asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt.

   “Timeless mother, / How is it that your aspic nipples / For once vent honey?”