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/ˈæʃəz/ /ˈæʃɪz/ Listen

noun

Ashes n. pl.

The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.

Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when "returned to dust" by natural decay. "Their martyred blood and ashes sow." "The coffins were broken open. The ashes were scattered to the winds."

The color of ashes; deathlike paleness. "The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame."

In dust and ashes, In sackcloth and ashes, with humble expression of grief or repentance; from the method of mourning in Eastern lands.

Volcanic ashes, or Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes.

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Etymology of 'Ashes'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ashes" Quotes from Famous Books

... reach a duty, yet I do it not, And, therefore, climb no higher; but if done, My view is brightened, and another spot Seen on my mortal sun; For be the duty high as angel's flight— Fulfil it, and a higher will arise Even from its ashes. Duty is our ladder to the skies, And climbing not, ...

— Making the Most of Life • J. R. Miller

... of girls who carried baskets of wood ashes, old Rii got to within a dozen feet of the great brute, and, taking a basket of ashes, threw it at the boar. It struck him fair in the face, and the contents smothered his head and forequarters, blinding him for a second or two; ...

— Concerning "Bully" Hayes - From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other - Stories" - 1902 • Louis Becke

... be peevish with those who serve the people. For none will serve us whilst there is a court to serve but those who are of a nice and jealous honour. They who think everything, in comparison of that honour, to be dust and ashes, will not bear to have it soiled and impaired by those for whose sake they make a thousand sacrifices to preserve it immaculate and whole. We shall either drive such men from the public stage, or we shall ...

— Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke. • Edmund Burke

... and less to the front. Lady Parham was said to be taking an active part in the consultations and intrigues that surrounded her husband, and it was well known by now to the inner circle that her hostility to the Ashes, and her insistence on the fact that cabinet ministers must be beyond reproach, and their wives persons to whose houses the party can go without demeaning themselves, were likely to be of importance. Moreover, Ashe's success in the House of Commons ...

— The Marriage of William Ashe • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... her veil, drained and shaking, the woman crosses the antechamber. Empress! Empress! Foolish splendour, perished to dust. Ashes of roses, ashes of youth. ...

— Men, Women and Ghosts • Amy Lowell

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