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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Ember :: Ember (n.) A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire..
Sparkle :: Sparkle (n.) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle..
Cupel :: Cupel (n.) A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime)..
Squashiness :: Squasher (n.) One who, or that which, squashes..
Double-hung :: Double-hung (a.) Having both sashes hung with weights and cords; -- said of a window.
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..
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..
Roast :: Roast (v. t.) To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes..
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..
Washer :: Washer (n.) One who, or that which, washes..
Crouton :: Crouton (n.) Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil, to garnish hashes, etc..
Ash :: Ash (v. t.) To strew or sprinkle with ashes.
Incinerate :: Incinerate () Reduced to ashes by burning; thoroughly consumed.
Gramashes :: Gramashes (n. pl.) Gaiters reaching to the knee; leggings.
Flashes :: Flashes (pl. ) of Flas.
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..
Window :: Window (n.) An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure..
Leach :: Leach (v. t.) To dissolve out; -- often used with out; as, to leach out alkali from ashes..
Masher :: Masher (n.) One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash..
Incremate :: Incremate (v. t.) To consume or reduce to ashes by burning, as a dead body; to cremate..
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