Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - ash
Ash
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abbr. Action on Smoking and Health. ASH 1. n. 1 (often in pl.) the powdery residue left after the burning of any substance. 2 (pl.) the remains of the human body after cremation or disintegration. 3 (the Ashes) Cricket a trophy competed for regularly by Australia and England. 4 ashlike material thrown out by a volcano. Phrases and idioms ash blonde 1 a very pale blonde colour. 2 a person with hair of this colour. Ash Wednesday the first day of Lent (from the custom of marking the foreheads of penitents with ashes on that day). Etymology: OE {aelig}sce 2. n. 1 any forest-tree of the genus Fraxinus, with silver-grey bark, compound leaves, and hard, tough, pale wood. 2 its wood. 3 an Old English runic letter, = {aelig} (named from a word of which it was the first letter). Phrases and idioms ash-key the winged seed of the ash-tree, growing in clusters resembling keys. ash-plant a sapling from an ash-tree, used as a walking-stick etc. Etymology: OE {aelig}sc f. Gmc
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English asshe, from Old English æsc; akin to Old High German ask ~, Latin ornus mountain ~ Date: before 12th century any of a genus (Fraxinus) of trees of the olive family with pinnate leaves, thin furrowed bark, and gray branchlets, the tough elastic wood of an ~, the ligature æ used in Old English and some phonetic alphabets to represent a low front vowel a, II. noun Usage: often attributive see: arid Date: before 12th century something that symbolizes grief, repentance, or humiliation, 2. the solid residue left when combustible material is thoroughly burned or is oxidized by chemical means, fine particles of mineral matter from a volcanic vent, the remains of the dead human body after cremation or disintegration, deathly pallor , ruins, ~less adjective III. transitive verb Date: circa 1894 to convert into ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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