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 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.

 Ash·es n. pl.
 1. The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
 2. Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when “returned to dust” by natural decay.
    Their martyred blood and ashes sow.   --Milton.
    The coffins were broken open. The ashes were scattered to the winds.   --Macaulay.
 3. The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
    The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame.   --Byron.
 In dust and ashes, In sackcloth and ashes, with humble expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of mourning in Eastern lands.
 Volcanic ashes, or  Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes.
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