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–noun

1.	the powdery residue of matter that remains after burning.

2.	Also called volcanic ash. Geology. finely pulverized lava thrown out by a volcano in eruption.

3.	a light, silvery-gray color.

ashes,

a.	deathlike grayness; extreme pallor suggestive of death.

b.	ruins, esp. the residue of something destroyed; remains; vestiges: the ashes of their love; the ashes of the past.

c.	mortal remains, esp. the physical or corporeal body as liable to decay.

d.	anything, as an act, gesture, speech, or feeling, that is symbolic of penance, regret, remorse, or the like.

[Origin: bef. 950; ME a(i)sshe, OE asce, æsce; c. Fris esk, D asch, ON, OHG aska (G Asche), Goth azgo < Gmc *askōn- (with Goth unexplained); akin to L ārére be dry (see arid), Tocharian ās- get dry, Skt sa- ashes, Hittite hassi on the hearth; < IE *HaHs-

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—Related forms

ash·i·ness, noun

ashless, adjective

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–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 eschǐn), ON askr; akin to L ornus, Welsh onnen, Russ yásenʾ, Czech jasan, Lith úosis, Armenian hatsʰi; Albanian ah beech; < IE *H_oes-

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n.

The grayish-white to black powdery residue left when something is burned.
Geology Pulverized particulate matter ejected by volcanic eruption.
The mineral residue of incinerated organic matter, used as an additive in pet foods.
ashes Ruins: the ashes of a lost culture.
ashes Bodily remains, especially after cremation or decay.

tr.v. ashed, ash·ing, ash·es
To reduce or convert to ash: ash a tissue sample for analysis.

[Middle English asshe, from Old English æsce; see as- in Indo-European roots.]

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n.

Any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus, having opposite, pinnately compound leaves, clusters of small flowers, and one-seeded winged fruits.
The strong, elastic wood of this tree, used for furniture, tool handles, and sporting goods such as baseball bats.
Linguistics The letter æ in Old English and some modern phonetic alphabets, representing the vowel sound of Modern English ash.

[Middle English asshe, from Old English æsc.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ash (1)

"powdery remains of fire," O.E. æsce "ash," from P.Gmc. *askon (cf. O.N. aska, O.H.G. asca, Ger. asche, Goth. azgo "ashes"), from PIE base *as- "to burn" (cf. Skt. asah "ashes, dust," Arm. azazem "I dry up," Gk. azein "to dry up, parch"). Symbol of grief or repentance; hence Ash Wednesday (1297), from custom introduced by Pope Gregory the Great of sprinkling ashes on the heads of penitents on the first day of Lent. Meaning "mortal remains of a person" is c.1275, in ref. to the ancient custom of cremation.

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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").

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ash
noun
1.	the residue that remains when something is burned
2.	any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
3.	strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats
verb
1.	convert into ashes

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ash [ӕʃ] noun

the dust etc that remains after anything is burnt
Example: cigarette ash; the ashes of the bonfire

Arabic:	رَماد
Chinese (Simplified):	灰
Chinese (Traditional):	灰
Czech:	popel
Danish:	aske
Dutch:	as
Estonian:	tuhk
Finnish:	tuhka
French:	cendre
German:	die Asche
Greek:	στάχτη
Hungarian:	hamu
Icelandic:	aska
Indonesian:	abu
Italian:	cenere

Japanese:	灰
Korean:	재
Latvian:	pelni
Lithuanian:	pelenai
Norwegian:	aske
Polish:	popiół
Portuguese (Brazil):	cinza
Portuguese (Portugal):	cinza
Romanian:	cenuşă
Russian:	пепел;зола
Slovak:	popol
Slovenian:	pepel
Spanish:	ceniza
Swedish:	aska
Turkish:	kül

See also: ashen, ashes, ashtray

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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

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ash tool
A Bourne Shell clone by Kenneth Almquist. It works pretty well. For running scripts, it is sometimes better and sometimes worse than Bash.
Ash runs under 386BSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and Linux.
FTP Linux version.
(1995-07-20)

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Ash Fork, AZ Zip code(s): 86320

Ash Grove, MO (city, FIPS 2188) Location: 37.31744 N, 93.58053 W
Population (1990): 1128 (532 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65604

Ash Flat, AR (city, FIPS 2470) Location: 36.22577 N, 91.60652 W
Population (1990): 667 (275 housing units)
Area: 7.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Ash, NC Zip code(s): 28420

Blue Ash, OH (city, FIPS 7300) Location: 39.24672 N, 84.38077 W
Population (1990): 11860 (4719 housing units)
Area: 19.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG. asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]

1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (F. Americana).

Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.

Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.

2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.

Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Ash

Ash\, n., sing. of Ashes.

Note: Ash is rarely used in the singular except in connection with chemical or geological products; as, soda ash, coal which yields a red ash, etc., or as a qualifying or combining word; as, ash bin, ash heap, ash hole, ash pan, ash pit, ash-grey, ash-colored, pearlash, potash.

Bone ash, burnt powered; bone earth.

Volcanic ash. See under Ashes.

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Ash

Ash\, v. t. To strew or sprinkle with ashes. --Howell.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Ash

(Heb. o'ren, "tremulous"), mentioned only Isa. 44:14 (R.V., "fir tree"). It is rendered "pine tree" both in the LXX. and Vulgate versions. There is a tree called by the Arabs _aran_, found still in the valleys of Arabia Petraea, whose leaf resembles that of the mountain ash. This may be the tree meant. Our ash tree is not known in Syria.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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