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Webster 1913 Edition


Aspergillum

{

As′per-gill

, ‖

Asˊper-gil′lum

, }
Noun.
[LL.
aspergillum
, fr. L.
aspergere
. See
Asperse
, v. t.]
1.
The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.
[Also written aspergillus.]
2.
(Zool.)