Definition of ashes

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Ashes (n. pl.) The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal..

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Dasher :: Dasher (n.) That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn..
Leach :: Leach (n.) A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc..
Phenix :: Phenix (n.) A bird fabled to exist single, to be consumed by fire by its own act, and to rise again from its ashes. Hence, an emblem of immortality..
Ashes :: Ashes (n. pl.) The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal..
Router :: Router (n.) A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes..
Gashful :: Gashful (a.) Full of gashes; hideous; frightful.
Riddle :: Riddle (n.) A sieve with coarse meshes, usually of wire, for separating coarser materials from finer, as chaff from grain, cinders from ashes, or gravel from sand..
Washerman :: Washerman (n.) A man who washes clothes, esp. for hire, or for others..
Ash-colored :: Ash-colored (a.) Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray.
Polverine :: Polverine (n.) Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, -- used in the manufacture of fine glass..
Barilla :: Barilla (n.) Impure soda obtained from the ashes of any seashore plant, or kelp..
Pica :: Pica (n.) A vitiated appetite that craves what is unfit for food, as chalk, ashes, coal, etc.; chthonophagia..
Lixivial :: Lixivial (a.) Having the qualities of alkaline salts extracted from wood ashes.
Spodumene :: Spodomantic (a.) Relating to spodomancy, or divination by means of ashes..
Laver :: Laver (n.) That which washes or cleanses.
Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.)..
Cineritious :: Cineritious (a.) Like ashes; having the color of ashes, -- as the cortical substance of the brain..
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..
Photopsia :: Photopsia (n.) An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceives luminous rays, flashes, coruscations, etc. See phosphene..
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