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单词 ashy
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ashyadj.

Brit. /ˈaʃi/, U.S. /ˈæʃi/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s asshy, Middle English asky, 1500s–1600s ashie, assie, 1600s ashey.
Etymology: < ash n.2 + -y suffix1.
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).
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