Ash'es, n. pl.

n. pl. [A-S. asca, asce, axe, ahsa, axsa, Goth. azgo, O. H. Ger. asca, Icel. & Sw. aska, Dan. aske, D. asche, Ger. asche.]

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.

Their martyred blood and ashes sow. Milton. In composition, and among chemists, it is used in the singular, as bone-ash, pearl-ash. Bone-ash, burnt bone powdered, or bone-earth; copper-ashes; copper scales thrown off in forging.—Pearl-ash, soda-ash, potash. See these words.—Volcanic ashes, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes.