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ASKRTG, a town of England, in tlie nortli riding of 

 YorlilUirc, bcantifuUv fitiintcd on tlie banks of the river 

 L'le, (tt till.- upper txtrtinity of Wenflcy dale. It has a 

 weekly market on Thurlday : dillant 247 miles north 

 from London. 



ASLA, a river of Spain on the northern coaft, which 

 falls into a bay in the bay of Hifcay, where it forms a 

 good liarbonr, to tlie eaft of cape Pinas. 



ASLANI, in Cnmmercf., a name p^iven to the Dutch 

 dollar, current in moll parts of the L.evant. The word is 

 alio written corruptly, affelnni. Tt is originally Tmkifh, 

 and fignilies a lion, which is the figure ftampcd on it. The 

 Arabs taking the figure of a lion for a dog, called it abiijhelh. 

 The aflani is fdver, but of a bafe alloy, and oftentimes 

 counterfeit. It is current for rij or 120 afpers. See 



AsPER. 



ASLAPATH, in Geography, a town and diftrid of Afia, 

 in Armenia, near Nackfivan, on the banks of (he Aras. It 

 is inhabited by Armeniriiis ; and tlie women are faid to be 

 fo bc.nitifiil, that the king of Ptrfia fupplics his feraglio 

 from this p! ice. 



ASLING, or Jkssenize, a town of Germany, in Car- 

 niola, fixtci -.1 miles S. S. W. of Cl.igciifurt. In this 

 town, which is not far from the river Sau, is dug a fine 

 marble; and near it are lead furnaces,- and other works, 

 in winch confiderable quantities of iron and Heel are 

 fmcited. 



ASMER, a fmall town of Hindoftan, in the ftates of 

 the Mogul, fouth-well of Agra, and in the extremity of 

 the province of Bando, called alfo Afnitr. 



ASMEROEA, a mountain of Afia, in the countiy of 

 the Seres, inhabited by a people called Afmiru-ans, who are 

 difperfed through the province of Cataja, a part of Tar- 

 tary. — Alfo a town of Afia, in the fame country, accord- 

 ing to Ptolcmv. 



ASMODA I, in Mylkolngy, the name given by the jews to 

 the prince of demons ; and, according to R. Eli is, tlie 

 fame with Sammacl. 



ASMONEAN'S, m Ancient Hi/lory, the name given to the 

 Maccabtes, the defcciidants of M ittathias, w!io, accod- 

 ing to Jolephns, was the grandfo-i of Afmona-us ; though 

 others derive the appellation f'om mount Afamar, placed 

 by Jofephus in the midil of Galilee, near StpSoris ; and 

 others again confider it merely as a title of luinonr given to 

 Mattathias and his dcfcendants, alleging that chajcbman'im 

 fignifies in Hebrew, ^r/Virrj'. However this be, the family of 

 the Afmoneans became very illuftrious in the latter period 

 of the Hebrew commonwealth, and pofTfTcd the fnpreme 

 authority and the high-pricHhood from the commencement 

 of the government of Judas Maccabeus to Herod the Great, 

 during a period of 129 years, or \2U years according to Jo- 

 fephus, who reckons from the time in which Judas was 

 eftablifhed in the govig-nment by his peace with Antiochus 

 Eupator, three years after he firft atTnmed it. It was the 

 prictice of the Afmonean princes to inipofc their religion 

 upon ill the coinitries which they conquered, leaving to the 

 vaiiqiifhtd no other choice but either to become Jews, or 

 elft to have their dwellings demoUlIied, and to feek new 

 kab tat'ons. 



ASMURA, or AsMVRNA, in Ancient Gogrnphy, a town 

 of Afia, in the interior of Hyrcania. N. lat. 39" 30'. 

 Pt.)l,-mv. 



ASSJAH, in Gc5»r<7/)5v. See Ess#.. 



ASN.VUS. \n Anriint Geography^ a mountain of Europe, 

 in Macedonia, between whioh and Oeropus was a vailey, in 

 which flo.ve.l the river 06as. 



Ak}N£N, in Ciographyy a lake of Sweden, in the pro* 



vince of Smoland, about North !at. yfi" 36'. Eaft long?s 

 tude 14" 4S'. 



ASNID, a*<w" of Afa, in the kingdom of Candahar, 

 23 leagues r.ortli <:l t'.iUm 



ASNlt.RES, a 'm«n of France, in the department of 

 the Upper Vier.nt, and >.';lt f place cf a canton in the diilriiii 

 of Bellac, 10 miles n( rth-vvi II of Ik'llac. 



ASO, 3 town of Jjiu., in the province of Siinood- 

 fnke. 



ABODES, in Medic'.r.e, a term applied to fevers accom- 

 panied with anxjtty and op])rtHiou about the ilomach and 

 praicordia. It is derived from ««->i, which, in its primary 

 icnfc, means a loathing of food ; but which is ufid by Hip- 

 pocrates, ?nd i.th'/r ancient phyficlans, to denote great un- 

 eahnels and reftkirnefs, whether with or without uaufeU. It 

 is fometimes written nflodes. 



ASOLA, in Geography, a town of Italy, in the territory 

 of Brefcia. on the river Chiefe ; which was formerly a forti- 

 fied place, belonging to the republic of Venice. 



ASOLO, a town of Italy, in the diftridt of Trevifo, 

 fituate on a mountain at the fouree of the river Mufona ; 

 fmall, but well-peopled. N. Int. 45° 49'. E. long. !2° 2'. 



ASON A, a river of Italy, in the marquifate of Ancona ; 

 which nfes in the Apennines, on the frontiers of Umbria, 

 and runs into the Adriatic fea, ten miles fouth-eail of 

 Fermo. 



AsOPH. See A7.0F. 



ASOPIA, in Ancient Geography, a country of I'clopon« 

 nefns, in Sicyoiiia. Strabo. 



^ASOPUS, a town of Laconia, in which was a temple 

 of Minerva Cyparinenfis, fouth-call of Cypirifla. At the 

 diddnce of twelve ftadia was a temple of .^Icnlapins, fur- 

 named Philolii:is. the friend of the people. The citadel is 

 now ftandnig, and called by the failors Cnjlcl Rampnno. — 

 Alfo, a river of Bceotia, which had its luurce in mount 

 Citheron, north-wdl of Plata;a ; and pifTing ealt by north 

 of this city, difcharged itfelfinto that part ofthef.a which 

 fcparnted the ide of Eubcca from the coiitineiit over againft 

 Eretria. now called v^i^. — Alio, a river of Sicyonia which 

 role to the fouth-welt, on the frontiers of Arciidia, near 

 mount Cyllcne, ran eall of Sicyone, and dilchargcd itfelf 

 into the gulf of Corinth. — Alfo, a river of Greece, in Thef- 

 faly, which had two fonrces in that p:irt o* mount Ocla 

 that was contiguous to mount Pindns, and running eaftwaid, 

 emptied Itfelf into the Maliac gu'f, north of Thermopylae. 

 — Alio, a river of Afia Minor, which watered the town of 

 Laodicea upon the Lvcus. Plirty. 



ASOTUS, in Ichthy'l'gy, a fpecies of Sii urus found in 

 Afia. It has a fingle dorlal fin, and four cirri at the mouth, 

 two on the upper and two on the lower j iw. The teeth of 

 this kind are numerous ; the dorfal fin is dcftitute of fpinous 

 rays ; firft ray of the pecloral fin is ferrated ; and the anal fin 

 is long, and connefted with the tail. 



ASOUPAS, in Geography, a town of Perfia, in the 

 province of Farfiftan, twenty-three leagues north of 

 Schiras. 



ASP, or Aspis, in Zbolo«y, a fpecies of Col vbhr, de- 

 fcribcd by Linnxns, as havng 146 plates on the belly, and 

 46 fcales on the tail. Dr. Shaw lias fome doubt conceminff 

 the Linnsan alpis, bnt concludes it is the ferpent defcribcd 

 under the name of afpic by the cou^t de Cepcde, who in. 

 forms us that it is a native of France, and particularly of 

 the northern province? of that country. The length is about 

 three feet ; the head rntlier large, and covered with fmall 

 carinated fcales ; the fca'es of the body fmaller, but of a 

 finvlai- Itrndhire. In the Itructure of its fangs it rcfembles 

 the viper, and is faid to be equally poifonous* \t\t L,atreillc 



