Ashes
Ashes ({not transcribed}) , noun, plural
[Old English asche, aske, Anglo-Saxon asce, asce, axe; akin to Old High German asca, German asche, Dutch asch, Icelandic & Swedish aska, Danish aske, Gothic azgo.]
1.
The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal.
2.
Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when “returned to dust” by natural decay.
Their martyred blood and ashes sow.
The coffins were broken open. The ashes were scattered to the winds.
3.
The color of ashes; deathlike paleness.
The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame.
Collocations (2)
In dust and ashes or In sackcloth and ashes , with humble expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of mourning in Eastern lands.
Volcanic ashes or Volcanic ash , the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes.