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noun

assŭla

gen. assŭlae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
(in many MSS. ), , dim. axis.
A splinter; shaving; chip •
A splinter, shaving, chip: at etiam cesso foribus facere hisce assulas, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 20: Melandrya vocantur quercūs assulis similia, Plin. 9, 15, 18, § 48: assula tenuis brevisque, id. 16, 11, 22, § 54. —Of marble, a chip, shiver, Vitr. 7, 6.—*
A shingle
A shingle, σχίδη: Bibacul. ap. Suet. Gram. 11.
Perseus ID: n4099 Key: assula