||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.
||As"per (ăs"p&etilde;r), n. [L. spiritus asper rough breathing.]
(Greek Gram.) The rough breathing; a mark (&asper;) placed over an initial vowel sound or over ρ to
show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus "ws, pronounced hōs, "rh`twr, pronounced hrā"tōr.
As"per (ăs"p&etilde;r), a. [OE. aspre, OF.
aspre, F. âpre,
fr. L. asper rough.]
Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. [Archaic] "An asper sound." Bacon.
Hear it pronounced