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▪ I. ashen, a.1|ˈæʃən|
Also 4 (esscen), aisshen, 5–6 asshen, 6 aschyn.
[f. ash n.1 + -en.]
1. Of or pertaining to an ash-tree. (Cf. aspen.)
1562Turner Herbal ii. 6 b, The iuice..of ashen leaues..is good to make fatte men leane. c1595Norden Spec. Brit. Cornw. (1728) 34 Penwith signifieth the head of ashen trees. 1675Hobbes Homer 188 A goodly ashen tree. 1741Compl. Fam. Piece i. iii. 217 Put the Ashen Keys into the Pickle. 1850Tennyson In Mem. cxv, By ashen roots the violets blow.
2. Made of the wood of the ash.
a1300Cursor M. 5614 An esscen [? rescen] kyst sco did be wroght. c1450Merlin vii. 117 Arthur..griped a grete aisshen spere. c1525Skelton Vox Pop. Vox Dei 253 in Hazl. E.P.P. III. 277 Thay that of latt did supe Owtt of an aschyn cuppe. 1815Scott Ld. of Isles iv. ix, Each his ashen bow unbent.
▪ II. ashen, a.2|ˈæʃən|
[f. ash n.2 + -en.]
1. Of ashes. Also fig.
1850Mrs. Browning Poems I. 349 Wait soul, until thine ashen garments fall! 1879Tourgee Fool's Errand xlvi. 350 A Sodom-like fruitage of ashen words. 1882Pall Mall G. 25 Oct. 2/2 The effects of the ashen shower were not instantaneous.
2. Ash-coloured, whitish-grey, deadly pale.
1808Scott Marm. vi. xiv, The flush of rage O'ercame the ashen hue of age. 1875Longfellow Summer Day by Sea, Yon little cloud of ashen gray and gold. |