in zoology, the trivial name of a species of oniscus. See Oniscus.

ASCILL (John), a late humourous writer, was bred to the law, and practised in Ireland with great success. He was there elected a member of the house of commons, but was expelled for writing a treatise on the possibility of avoiding death; and being afterwards chosen a member for the borough of Bramber, in Sussex, he was also on the same account expelled the parliament of England. After this, he continued thirty years a prisoner in the mint, fleet, and king's-bench; during which time he published a multitude of small political pamphlets, several of which were in defence of the succession of the house of Hanover, and against the pretender. He died in the rules of the king's-bench, in the year 1738, when he was upwards of four score.