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Ash \Ash\, n.,
sing. of {Ashes}.
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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.
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{Bone ash}, burnt powered; bone earth.

{Volcanic ash}. See under {Ashes}.
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Ash \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 ({Fraxinus Americana}).
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{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}.
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2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
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Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
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Ash \Ash\, v. t.
To strew or sprinkle with ashes. --Howell.
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