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Aspnalʹtic Lake

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The Dead Sea, where asphalt abounds both on the surface of the water and on the banks. Asphalt is a bitumen. (From the Greek asphaltos.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Ask and Embla
Aslo
Asmodeus [the destroyer]
Asmodeus
Asoka
Asoors
Aspasia
Aspatia
Aspen
Aspersions
Aspnaltic Lake
Asrael
Ass
Ass
Ass’s Bridge (The)
Asses (Feast of)
Ass-eared
Assassins
Assay
Assaye Regiment
Assiento Treaties. [Spanish, agreement treaties.]