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The rough breathing; a mark (#) placed over an initial vowel sound or over to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h before it; thus hws, pronounced hs, hrj'twr, pronounced hra'tr.
Origin: L. Spiritus asper rough breathing.
(01 Mar 1998)
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