Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ashen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ashen \Ash"en\, a. [See {Ash}, the tree.]
Of or pertaining to the ash tree. ``Ashen poles.'' --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ashen \Ash"en\, a.
Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown
and gray, or white and gray.
The ashen hue of age. --Sir W.
Scott.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ashen \Ash"en\, n.,
obs. pl. for {Ashes}. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ashen
adj 1: ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a
face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks";
"tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid
with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"-
Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face
white with rage" [syn: {blanched}, {bloodless}, {livid},
{white}]
2: made of wood of the ash tree
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