Definition of "aspic" []

• 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. (noun)
• Archaic An asp. (noun)

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• "She wasn’t familiar with the term aspic, but when I described it, she said, Oh, of course."
• "What matters more than a sweet reed or a princely doubling preserved if not in aspic then in memory?"
• "Have they moved on, embraced their sensitive avant-garde side and become aficionados of Animal Collective and their ilk, or are they still out there, preserved in aspic, lager in hand, just waiting for the right anthemic guitar-based noise to bring them back to life?"