About The Word Aspic
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Aspic
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What's The Definition Of Aspic?
[n] savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables
Synonyms | Synonyms for Aspic: Related Terms | Find terms related to Aspic: ambrosia | barbecue | boiled meat | bouilli | Caesar salad | chef salad | civet | cole slaw | combination salad | crab Louis | flesh | forcemeat | fruit salad | game | green salad | hachis | hash | herring salad | Jell-O salad | jerky | joint | jugged hare | macaroni salad | meat | menue viande | mince | pemmican | pot roast | potato salad | roast | salad | salade | salmagundi | sausage meat | scrapple | slaw | tossed salad | venison | viande | Waldorf salad Aspic In Webster's Dictionary \As"pic\, n. [F. See {Asp}.]
1. The venomous asp. [Chiefly poetic] --Shak. Tennyson.
2. A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot. [Obs.]
\As"pic\, n. [F., a corrupt. of spic (OF. espi, F. ['e]pi), L. spica (spicum, spicus), ear, spike. See {Spike}.] A European species of lavender ({Lavandula spica}), which produces a volatile oil. See {Spike}. \As"pic\, n. [F., prob. fr. aspic an asp.] A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc. --Thackeray. |
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