What does "ashen" mean?
Ashen: Of or pertaining to the ash tree. "Ashen poles." Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray. The ashen hue of age. Sir W. Scott.
- 3.obs. pl. for Ashes. Chaucer.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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