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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ashen \Ash"en\, a. [See {Ash}, the tree.] Of or pertaining to the ash tree. ``Ashen poles.'' --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ashen \Ash"en\, a. Consisting of or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray. The ashen hue of age. --Sir W. Scott. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Ashen \Ash"en\, n., obs. pl for {Ashes}. --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ashen adj 1: ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn: {blanched}, {bloodless}, {livid}, {white}] 2: made of wood of the ash tree
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