Asper

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce.

II. Asper ·noun A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster.

III. Asper ·noun The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced h/s, "rh``twr, pronounced hra"t/r.

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