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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Washing :: Washing (n.) The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution.
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..
Squashiness :: Squasher (n.) One who, or that which, squashes..
Ashy :: Ashy (a.) Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes..
Boothose :: Boothose (n.) Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots..
Breeze :: Breeze (n.) Refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks..
Dump :: Dump (n.) A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc..
Inurn :: Inurn (v. t.) To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb..
Cinereous :: Cinereous (a.) Like ashes; ash-colored; grayish.
Spatterdashed :: Spatterdashed (a.) Wearing spatterdashes.
Dasher :: Dasher (n.) That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn..
Lixivited :: Lixivited (a.) Impregnated with salts from wood ashes.
Kelp :: Kelp (n.) The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine..
Screenings :: Screenings (n. pl.) The refuse left after screening sand, coal, ashes, etc..
Burn :: Burn (v. t.) To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood..
Gashful :: Gashful (a.) Full of gashes; hideous; frightful.
Pearlash :: Pearlash (n.) A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc..
Flasher :: Flasher (n.) One who, or that which, flashes..
Cinerulent :: Cinerulent (a.) Full of ashes.
Cineritious :: Cineritious (a.) Like ashes; having the color of ashes, -- as the cortical substance of the brain..
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