Ash Wednesday

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• Ash

  ·noun ·sg of Ashes. II. Ash ·vt To strew or sprinkle with ashes. III. Ash ·noun The tough, elastic...

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• Ash

  (Heb. o'ren, "tremulous"), mentioned only Isa. 44:14 (R.V., "fir tree"). It is rendered "pine tree" ...

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  n. The name, with various epithets, isapplied to the following different Australasian trees – – Bla...

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• Ash

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• Black Wednesday

  n. a political phrase for aday in Victoria (Jan. 9, 1878), when the Government withoutnotice dismis...

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• Ash-colored

  ·adj Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray. ...

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• Ash-fire

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• Ash-furnace

  ·noun ·Alt. of Ash-oven. ...

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• Ash-oven

  ·noun A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making. ...

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• blueberry ash

  n. a Victorian tree, Elaeocarpus holopetalus, F. v. M. 1894. `Melbourne Museum Catalogue, Economic...

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• ash-hopper

  A lie cask, or an inverted pymmidal box to contain ashes, resembling a hopper in a mill. They are co...

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• ash trug

  a coal-scuttle. Cumb. ...

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• ash-pit

  A receptacle for ashes before the fire-bars in a steamer, or under them in most fire-places. ...

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• moreton-bay ash

  n. See ash. ...

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