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ashy, a.|ˈæʃɪ|
Also 4–6 asshy, 5 asky, 6–7 ashie, assie, 7 ashey.
[f. ash n.2 + -y1.]
1. Consisting of ashes.
1483Cath. Angl. 16 Asky, cinerulentus, cinereus. 1591Spenser Ruins of Rome 1 Whose ashie cinders lie Vnder deep ruins. 1671Milton Samson 1703 Like that self-begott'n bird..From out her ashie womb now teem'd, Revives, reflourishes. 1718Pope Iliad xxiii. 312 And deep subsides the ashy heap below. 1869Phillips Vesuv. ii. 35 One continuous ashy shower.
2. Covered or sprinkled with ashes.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 2025 With flotery berd, and ruggy asshy heeres. 1852Dickens Bleak Ho. iv, She slumbered before the ashy grate.
3. Ash-coloured, ashen, deadly pale.
1541R. Copland Quest. Cyrurg. R j, Whyte vryne, thynne, and asshy. 1597Lowe Art Chyrurg. (1634) 116 The sore is..pale, sandy or assie coloured. 1633Ford Love's Sacr. iv. i, The ashey paleness of my cheek Is scarletted in ruddy flakes of wrath. 1830T. Hamilton Cyr. Thornton (1845) 17 The ashy cheek, and hollow eye of my mother.
b. quasi-adv. in comb., as ashy-blond, ashy-green, ashy-pale.
1592Shakes. Ven. & Ad. 76 He low'rs and frets, 'Twixt crimson shame and anger, ashy-pale! 1865Carlyle Fredk. Gt. IV. ii. ii. 38 Eyebrows..you can see are ashy-blond. |