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   Ash (ăsh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. æsc; akin to OHG. asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
   1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and the white ash (Fraxinus Americana).
   
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   Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum Americanum) and Poison ash (Rhus venenata) are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage. -- Mountain ash. See Roman tree, and under Mountain.
   
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   2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
   
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   Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
   
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   Ash, n., sing. of Ashes.
   
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   ☞ Ash is rarely used in the singular except in connection with chemical or geological products; as, soda ash, coal which yields a red ash, etc., or as a qualifying or combining word; as, ash bin, ash heap, ash hole, ash pan, ash pit, ash-grey, ash-colored, pearlash, potash.
   
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   Bone ash, burnt powered; bone earth. -- Volcanic ash. See under Ashes.
   
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   Ash, v. t. To strew or sprinkle with ashes.  Howell.
   
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