asp 1
— aspish , adj.
/asp/ , n.
1. any of several venomous snakes, esp. the Egyptian cobra or the horned viper.
2. Archaeol. uraeus.
[ 1300-50; back formation from ME aspis (taken as pl.) aspís orig., shield ]
asp 2
/asp/ , n. , adj.
aspen.
[ bef. 900; ME aspe, apse, OE aesp ( e ), aeps ( e ); c. MLG aspe, OHG aspa (G Espe, with altered vowel espîn ), ON osp; akin to Latvian apse, Russ osína, Czech osika aps-. See ASPEN ]