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aisean, rib, Ir., E. Ir. asna, W. eisen, asen, Cor. asen; cf. Lat. assula, splinter, asser, beam (Stokes). Formerly it was referred to the same origin as Lat. os, ossis, bone, Gr. ὀστέον,