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ASS

1. A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. Asinus), less than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are different species of wild asses which are swift-footed. 2. A dull, hard, stupid lad; a dolt. Asses' Bridge. [L. Pons asinorum] The fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, "The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another." "A schoolboy, stammering out his Asses' Bridge." . To create an ass of one's self, to do or speak something very foolish or absurd. Origin: OE. Asse, AS. Assa; akin to Icel. Asni, W. Asen, asyn, L. Asinus, dim. Aselus, Gr.; also to AS. Esol, OHG. Esil, G. Esel, Goth. Asilus, Dan. Aesel, Lith. Asilas, Bohem. Osel, Pol. Osiel. The word is prob. Of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. Athn she ass. Cf. Ease. Source: Websters Vocabulary
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