Ashed vs Lashed - What's the difference?
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(ash)
The solid remains of a fire.
(chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
(in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
(figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.
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(chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing .
* 1919 , Harry Gordon, Total Soluble and Insoluble Ash in Leather'', published in the ''Journal of the American Leather Chemists Association , W. K. Alsop and W. A. Fox, eds, volume XIV, number 1, on page 253
* 1981 , Hans Weill, Margaret Turner-Warwick, and Claude Lenfant, eds, Occupational Lung Diseases: Research Approaches and Methods'', ''Lung Biology in Health and disease, volume 18 , page 203
* 1989? , Annals of Botany , volume 64, issues 4-6, page 397
* 2010 , S. Suzanne Nielsen, ed, Food Analysis, fourth edition , ISBN 978-1-4419-1477-4, Chapter 12, "Traditional Methods for Mineral Analysis", page 213
To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.
(obsolete, mostly used in the past tense) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
* 1847 , H., Ashes on Corn.---An Experiment'', published in the ''Genesee Farmer , volume 8, page 281
* 1849 , in a lettre to James Higgins, published in 1850 in The American Farmer , volume V, number 7, pages 227-8
(countable, uncountable) A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus .
(uncountable) The wood of this tree.
The traditional name for the ae ligature (), as used in Old English.
(lash)
The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
(label) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.
A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
* (w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)
A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
*{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
, passage=But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.}}
In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
In British English, it refers to heavy drinking with friends, (i.e. We were out on the lash last night)
To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
* {{quote-news
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, date=December 29
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, title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton
, work=BBC
To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.
To ply the whip; to strike.
To utter censure or sarcastic language.
(of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down
* {{quote-news
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, date=October 1
, author=Tom Fordyce
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland
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To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
(obsolete) Remiss, lax.
(obsolete) Relaxed.
Soft, watery, wet.
* 1658': Fruits being unwholesome and '''lash before the fourth or fifth Yeare. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 211)
(Ulster) excellent, wonderful
Drunk.
As verbs the difference between ashed and lashed
is that ashed is (ash) while lashed is (lash).ashed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*ash
English
(wikipedia ash)Etymology 1
From (etyl) asshe, from (etyl) ; see it for cognates.Noun
- The audience was more captivated by the growing ash at the end of his cigarette than by his words.
- Ash from a fireplace can restore minerals to your garden's soil.
- Ashes from the fire floated over the street.
- Ash from the fire floated over the street.
- The urn containing his ashes was eventually removed to a closet.
Derived terms
* Ash Wednesday * ash blonde * ash heap * ash hole * ash pan * ash pit * ash stand * ashcan * ashen * ashtray * ashy * the AshesVerb
(es)- I dried the extracted leather very slowly on the steam bath
- The inorganic material left after ashing lung tissue specimens not only contains inhaled particles but also very large quantities of inorganic residue derived from the tissue itself.
- Ash and silica contents of the plant material were determined by classical gravimetric techniques. Tissue samples were ashed in platinum crucibles at about 500 °C, and the ash was treated repeatedly with 6 N hydrochloric acid to remove other mineral impurities.
- A 10-g food sample was dried, then ashed , and analyzed for salt (NaCl) content by the Mohr titration method (AgNO3 + Cl ? AgCl). The weight of the dried sample was 2g, and the ashed sample weight was 0.5g.
- Last spring, after I planted, I took what ashes I have saved during the last year, and put on my corn
- After the corn was planted, upon acre A, I spread broadcast one hundred bushels of lime, (cost $3) and fifty bushels of ashes, (cost $6.)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) asshe, from (etyl) ).Noun
- The ash''' trees are dying off due to emerald '''ash borer.
- The woods planted in ash will see a different mix of species.
Derived terms
* mountain ash * poison ash * prickly ashSynonyms
* (tree) ash treeSee also
* * YggdrasilAnagrams
* * *lashed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*lash
English
Etymology 1
(en)Noun
(es)- I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
- The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.
Verb
(es)- We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. —
- the whale lashes the sea with its tail.
- And big waves lash the frighted shores. —
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- He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. —
- to lash vice
- To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. —
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See also
* lash outEtymology 2
From (etyl) lachier, from (etyl)Verb
(es)- to lash something to a spar
- lash a pack on a horse's back
Etymology 3
From (etyl) lasche'' (French '' ).Adjective
(en adjective)- ''We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash !
- That Chinese (food) was lash !