| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | as·pic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   s p k |
| NOUN: | A clear jelly typically made of stock and gelatin and used as a glaze or garnish or to make a mold of meat, fish, or vegetables. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from aspic, asp (from the resemblance of the jelly's coloration to an asp's). See aspic2.
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