单词 | ashy |
释义 | ashyadj. 1. Consisting of ashes. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [adjective] > relating to or of the nature of ashes ashy1483 favillous1650 cineritious1732 cinerary1753 cinereal1807 cinereous1811 ashen1850 1483 Cath. Angl. 16 Asky, cinerulentus, cinereus. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Rome in Complaints 1 Whose ashie cinders lie Vnder deep ruins. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 1703 Like that self-begott'n bird..From out her ashie womb now teem'd, Revives, reflourishes. View more context for this quotation 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad VI. xxiii. 312 And deep subsides the ashy Heap below. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius ii. 35 One continuous ashy shower. 2. Covered or sprinkled with ashes. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > [adjective] > sprinkled > sprinkled with something > specific ashyc1405 pounced1619 dusted1643 floured1814 sawdusted1844 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2019 With flotry berd, and ruggy asshy heerys. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House iv. 32 She slumbered thus before the ashy grate. 3. a. Ash-coloured, ashen, deadly pale. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > absence of colour > [adjective] > pale blackeOE blokec1200 blakec1275 fadec1290 bleykea1300 palisha1398 wanned1494 ashy?1541 wearish-coloured1548 wanny1555 wheyish1560 bleak1566 paly1568 ghastly1574 blankish1580 sick1599 palled1601 ashied1613 lurid1656 lunar1742 wax-like1748 ashen1808 unbrightened1827 waxy1835 peely-wally1895 waxen-hued1916 ?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. R j Whyte vryne, thynne, and asshy. 1597 P. Lowe Art Chirurg. (1634) 116 The sore is..pale, sandy or assie coloured. 1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice iv. sig. H2v The ashy palenesse of my cheeke Is scarletted in ruddy flakes of wrath. 1830 T. Hamilton Cyril Thornton (1845) 17 The ashy cheek, and hollow eye of my mother. b. quasi-adv. in combination, as ashy-blond, ashy-green, ashy-pale. ΚΠ 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Bijv He lowres and frets, Twixt crimson shame, and anger ashie pale. View more context for this quotation 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xi. ii. 52 Eyebrows..you can see are ashy-blond. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1405 |
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