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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Ashen \Ash"en\, a. [See {Ash}, the tree.]
     Of or pertaining to the ash tree. ``Ashen poles.'' --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Ashen \Ash"en\, a.
     Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown
     and gray, or white and gray.
  
           The ashen hue of age.                    --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Ashen \Ash"en\, n.,
     obs. pl. for {Ashes}. --Chaucer.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ashen
       adj 1: ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a
              face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks";
              "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid
              with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"-
              Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face
              white with rage" [syn: {blanched}, {bloodless}, {livid},
               {white}]
       2: made of wood of the ash tree

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