n. A clear jelly typically made of stock and gelatin and used as a glaze or garnish or to make a mold of meat, fish, or vegetables. [French, from aspic, asp (from the resemblance of the jelly's coloration to an asp's); see ASPIC2.] |
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n. Archaic An asp. |
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