wood-ashn.
/ˈwʊdaʃ/, U.S. /ˈwʊdˌæʃ/ 1. The ash or ashes of burnt wood.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > vegetable extracts or preparations > [noun] > wood-ash to make lye
woad ash1354
soap-ashes?1520
wood-ash1748
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > products of burning > [noun] > ashes or cinders > specific ashes
soap-ashes?1520
gravelled ashes1579
bone ash1594
cupel-dusta1626
polverine1662
peat ash1669
kelp1679
clar1683
cupel-ashes1683
wood-ash1748
bone earth1770
kelp-ashes1834
white ash1837
weed ash1841
fly ash1931
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ii. 135 This oil served.., when worked up with wood-ashes, to supply the use of tallow.
1836 C. Wordsworth Athens & Attica v. 33 Kneading some cakes which are inserted among the wood-ashes of the fire, and thus baked.
1884 Littell's Living Age 15 Mar. 659 Natives who had rubbed themselves with wood-ash until their complexions were ‘the color of slate-pencil’.
2. See woad ash n.
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