asper 1
/as"peuhr/ , n.
a former silver coin of Turkey and Egypt: later a money of account equal to 1/120 of a piaster.
[ 1580-90; aspero áspron lit., white coin, n. use of neut. of áspros white ]
asper 2
/as"peuhr/ , adj. Obs.
harsh; rough.
[ 1325-75; aspre ]