As'per-gill or As'per-gil'lus, n.
n. [L. Lat. aspergillum, from Lat. aspergere, to sprinkle, from ad and spargere, to strow, sprinkle.]
Sense 1. The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.
Sense 2. (Bot.) A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling the aspergill in form. Loudon.
