Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ash"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Ash
(Heb. o'ren, "tremulous"), mentioned only Isa. 44:14 (R.V., "fir
tree"). It is rendered "pine tree" both in the LXX. and Vulgate
versions. There is a tree called by the Arabs _aran_, found
still in the valleys of Arabia Petraea, whose leaf resembles
that of the mountain ash. This may be the tree meant. Our ash
tree is not known in Syria.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ash \Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; 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 ({F. Americana}).
{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}.
2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.
Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ash \Ash\, n.,
sing. of {Ashes}.
Note: 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.
{Bone ash}, burnt powered; bone earth.
{Volcanic ash}. See under {Ashes}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ash \Ash\, v. t.
To strew or sprinkle with ashes. --Howell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ash
n 1: the residue that remains when something is burned
2: any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber
trees of the genus Fraxinus [syn: {ash tree}]
3: strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for
furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as
baseball bats
v : convert into ashes
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