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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Asper \As"per\ ([a^]s"p[~e]r), a. [OE. aspre, OF aspre, F. [^a]pre, fr L. asper rough.] Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] ``An asper sound.'' --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Asper \As"per\ ([a^]s"p[~e]r), n. [L. spiritus asper rough breathing.] (Greek Gram.) The rough breathing; a mark ([asper]) placed over an initial vowel sound or over [rho] to show that it is aspirated, that is pronounced with h before it thus "ws, pronounced h[=o]s, "rh`twr, pronounced hr[=a]"t[=o]r. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Asper \As"per\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: asper n : 20 aspers equal 1 kuru
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