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Ashantee: Definition and part of speech

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Ashantee

  1. a. Of or pertaining to Ashantee.
  2. n. A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ash Wednesday: Definition and part of speech

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Ash Wednesday

  1. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ashen: Definition and part of speech

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Ashen

  1. n. obs. pl. for Ashes.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the ash tree.
  3. a. Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ashy: Definition and part of speech

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Ashy

  1. a. Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale.
  2. a. Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Ashes: Definition and part of speech

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Ashes

  1. n. pl. The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
  2. n. pl. The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
  3. n. pl. Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when “returned to dust” by natural decay.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.