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ashes

Webster 1828

ASH'ES, noun plural Without the singular number.1. The earthy particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion; as of wood or coal.2. The remains of the human body when burnt. Hence figuratively, a dead body or corpse.3. In scripture, ashes is used to denote vileness, meanness, frailty, or humiliation.I who am but dust and ashes Genesis 18:27.I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes Job 42:6.ASH'-FIRE, noun A low fire used in chimical operations.ASH'-HOLE, noun A repository for ashes; the lower part of a furnace.ASH'-LAR, noun Common or free stones, as they come from the quarry, of different lengths, breadths and thicknesses