Obs. rare. [f. JASPER sb.: cf. F. jasp-er vb. (in same sense), f. jaspe sb.; also Sp., Pg. jaspear to speckle like jasper, to sprinkle with green and vermilion; to marble.]
1. intr. To have a speckling or clouding of various colors, like some kinds of jasper; to be variegated.
1620. Shelton, Quix., II. xxxi. 206. Don Quixote’s face was in a thousand colours, that Iaspered vpon his browe.
2. trans. To variegate with different colors; to marble, to speckle.
1799. G. Smith, Laboratory, II. 427. How to imitate a Black Jasper, or variegated Black Marble … Lay it with a brush on what you want to be jaspered, whether a column, a table, or any thing else.
