释义 |
ˈwood-ash Pl. -ashes. [wood n.1, ash n.2] The ash or ashes of burnt wood.
1748Anson's Voy. ii. ii. 135 This oil served.., when mixed with wood-ashes, to supply the use of tallow. 1836C. Wordsworth Athens v. (1855) 26 Kneading some cakes to be placed among the wood-ashes of the fire, and baked. 1884Littell's Living Age 659 Natives who had rubbed themselves with wood-ash until their complexions were ‘the color of slate-pencil’. ¶ See woad-ashes. |