1. [n]  cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
2. [n]  of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder

1. \Asp\, n. (Bot.)
   Same as {Aspen}. ``Trembling poplar or asp.'' --Martyn.
   

2. \Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [L. aspis, fr. Gr. 'aspi`s: cf. OF. aspe,
   F. aspic.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A small, hooded, poisonous serpent of Egypt and adjacent
   countries, whose bite is often fatal. It is the {Naja haje}.
   The name is also applied to other poisonous serpents, esp. to
   {Vipera aspis} of southern Europe. See {Haje}.
   

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3. A query language(?).

[Sammet 1969, p.702].

4. Attached Support Processor.

(Heb. pethen), Deut. 32:33; Job 20:14, 16; Isa. 11:8. It was probably the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje), which was very poisonous (Rom. 3:13; Gr. aspis). The Egyptians worshipped it as the _uraeus_, and it was found in the desert and in the fields. The peace and security of Messiah's reign is represented by the figure of a child playing on the hole of the asp. (See ADDER.)