Ash

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun ·sg of Ashes.

II. Ash ·vt To strew or sprinkle with ashes.

III. Ash ·noun The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.

IV. Ash ·noun 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 (F. Americana).