The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame.
Byron.
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.
Ash"-fire, n. A low fire used in chemical operations.
Ash"-fur`nace (&?;), Ash"-ov`en (&?;), n. A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making.
A*shine" (&?;), a. Shining; radiant.
{ Ash"lar, Ash"ler } (&?;), n. [OE. ascheler, achiler, OF. aiseler, fr. aiselle, dim. of ais plank, fr. L. axis, assis, plank, axle. See Axle.] 1. (Masonry) (a) Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone.
Rough ashlar, a block of freestone as brought from the quarry. When hammer-dressed it is known as common ashlar.
Knight.
(b) In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or brick. Knight.
{ Ash"lar*ing, Ash"ler*ing, } n. 1. The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
2. Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall. Brande & C.
3. (Carp.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.
A*shore" (&?;), adv. [Pref. a- + shore.] On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.
Here shall I die ashore.
Shak.
I must fetch his necessaries ashore.
Shak.
Ash"to*reth (&?;), n.; pl. Ashtaroth (&?;). The principal female divinity of the Phœnicians, as Baal was the principal male divinity. W. Smith.
Ash` Wednes"day (sh` wnz"d). The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.
Ash"weed` (&?;), n. (Bot.) [A corruption of ache-weed; F. ache. So named from the likeness of its leaves to those of ache (celery).] Goutweed.
Ash"y (&?;), a. 1. Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.