{"def":{"short":"a buckler (or round shield); used of a serpent (as coiling itself), probably the \"asp\"","long":["an asp, a small and most venomous serpent, the bite of which is fatal unless the bitten part be immediately cut away"]},"deriv":"of uncertain derivation","pronun":{"ipa":"ɑˈspis","ipa_mod":"ɑˈspis","sbl":"aspis","dic":"ah-SPEES","dic_mod":"ah-SPEES"}}