asper

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: as=per

CIDE DICTIONARY

asper, a. [OE. aspre, OF. aspre, F. âpre, fr. L. asper rough.].

 Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]

asper, n. [L. spiritus asper rough breathing.].

 The rough breathing; a mark (h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h, "rh`twr, pronounced hrā"t.  [1913 Webster]

asper, n. [F. aspre or It. aspro, fr. MGr. 'a`spron, 'a`spros, white (prob. from the whiteness of new silver coins).].

 A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.  [1913 Webster]