ASHAMED, a-sh[=a]md', _adj._ affected with shame (with _of_ for the cause
of shame; _for_, the person).--_v.t._ and _v.i._ ASHAME', to feel shame: to
put to shame.--_n._ ASHAMED'NESS.--_p.adj._ ASHAM'ING. [Pa.p. of old verb
_ashame_.]
ASHES, ash'ez, _n.pl._ the dust or remains of anything burnt: the remains
of the human body when burnt: (_fig._) a dead body: used to express pallor,
from the colour of wood-ashes, as in 'pale as ashes,' 'ashy-pale.'--_n._
ASH'-BUCK'ET, a box or bucket in which house-ashes and general refuse are
collected for removal.--_adjs._ ASH'EN, ASH'EN-GRAY.--_ns._ ASH'ERY, a
place where potash or pearl-ash is made; ASH'-HEAP, a heap of ashes and
household refuse; ASH'-LEACH, a tub in which alkaline salts are dissolved
from wood-ashes; ASH'-PAN, a kind of tray fitted underneath a grate to
receive the ashes.--_adjs._ ASH'Y, ASH'Y-GRAY.--TO LAY IN ASHES, to destroy
utterly by burning. [A.S. _asce_; Ice. _aska_.]
ASHET, ash'et, _n._ (now only _Scot._) a large flat dish in which meat is
served. [Fr. _assiette_.]
ASHIVER, a-shiv'[.e]r, _adv. phrase_, quivering.
ASHKENAZIM, ash-k[=e]-naz'im, _n.pl._ the Polish and German Jews, as
distinguished from the _Sephardim_, the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. [Heb.
_Ashkenaz_, the name of a northern people in Gen. x., located in Arabia, by
later Jews identified with Germany.]
ASHLAR, ash'lar, ASHLER, ash'l[.e]r, _n._ hewn or squared stone used in
facing a wall, as distinguished from rough, as it comes from the
quarry--also in ASH'LAR-WORK, as opposed to _Rubble-work_.--_p.adj._
ASH'LARED.--_n._ ASH'LARING. [O. Fr. _aiseler_--L. _axillaris_, _axilla_,
dim. of _axis_, _assis_, axle; also plank (cf. Fr. _ais_, It. _asse_.]