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Aspic

Aspic Meaning & Definition
Aspic Definition And Meaning

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

See Also | gelatin | jelly

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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