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æsc

  [ash]
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–noun
ash 2 (def. 3).
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ash

2  [ash]
–noun
1. any of various trees of the genus Fraxinus, of the olive family, esp. F. excelsior, of Europe and Asia, or F. americana (white ash), of North America, having opposite, pinnate leaves and purplish flowers in small clusters.
2. the tough, straight-grained wood of any of these trees, valued as timber.
3. Also, æsc. the symbol “æ.”
Origin:
bef. 900; ME asshe, OE æsc; c. Fris esk, MLG, MD asch, OS, OHG asc (G Esche, with altered vowel from the adj. deriv. eschen, MHG eschîn), ON askr; akin to L ornus, Welsh onnen, Russ yásenʾ, Czech jasan, Lith úosis, Armenian hatsʰi; Albanian ah beech; < IE *Hoes-
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ash  (2)
"tree," O.E. æsc "ash tree," also "spear made of ash wood," from P.Gmc. *askaz, askiz (cf. O.N. askr, O.S. ask, M.Du. esce, Ger. Esche), from PIE base *os- "ash tree" (cf. Arm. haci "ash tree," Alb. ah "beech," Gk. oxya "beech," L. ornus "wild mountain ash," Rus. jasen, Lith. uosis "ash"). Ash the preferred wood for spear-shafs, so O.E. æsc sometimes meant "spear" (cf. æsc-here "company armed with spears").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ash
Pronunciation: 'ash
Function: noun
often attributive 1 : the solid residue left when combustible material is thoroughly burnedor is oxidized by chemical means
2 ashes pl : the remains of the dead human body after cremation or disintegration
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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