Definition of ashes

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Ashes (n. pl.) Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when returned to dust by natural decay..

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Ashes :: Ashes (n. pl.) The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
Dasher :: Dasher (n.) That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn..
Stain :: Stain (v. t.) To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass..
Leach :: Leach (n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc..
Smasher :: Smasher (n.) One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces..
Manna :: Manna (n.) A sweetish exudation in the form of pale yellow friable flakes, coming from several trees and shrubs and used in medicine as a gentle laxative, as the secretion of Fraxinus Ornus, and F. rotundifolia, the manna ashes of Southern Europe..
Pulverine :: Pulverine (n.) Ashes of barilla.
Lighten :: Lighten (v. i.) To burst forth or dart, as lightning; to shine with, or like, lightning; to display a flash or flashes of lightning; to flash..
Cineraceous :: Cineraceous (a.) Like ashes; ash-colored; cinereous.
Ciliary :: Ciliary (a.) Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc..
Parenthesis :: Parenthesis (n.) A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes..
Varec :: Varec (n.) The calcined ashes of any coarse seaweed used for the manufacture of soda and iodine; also, the seaweed itself; fucus; wrack..
Slash Pine :: Slash pine () A kind of pine tree (Pinus Cubensis) found in Southern Florida and the West Indies; -- so called because it grows in slashes..
Dump :: Dump (n.) A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc..
Eaves :: Eaves (n. pl.) Eyelids or eyelashes.
Washer :: Washer (n.) One who, or that which, washes..
Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed..
Deplumation :: Deplumation (n.) A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes..
Ash :: Ash (n.) sing. of Ashes.
Ashes :: Ashes (n. pl.) Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when returned to dust by natural decay..
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