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ASHES

\ˈaʃɪz], \ˈaʃɪz], \ˈa_ʃ_ɪ_z]\

Definitions of ASHES

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when returned to dust by natural decay.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when returned to dust by natural decay.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The dust or remains of anything burnt: the remains of the human body when burnt (fig.) a dead body.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

The remains of what is burned; the remains of a dead body.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

See ASH1 or ASH2.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The remains of anything burnt; the remains of a human body burnt on the funeral pyre; a dead body; the dust of the dead.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

The dust or matter that remains from a burnt body; the remains of any body reduced to dust.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. pl. [Anglo-Saxon, Gothic] The earthy or mineral particles remaining after combustion; â€“the remains of a dead body.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

The remains of any thing burnt; the remains of the body.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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