meaning of ashen
1. Of or pertaining to the ash tree.
2. Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.
3. obs. pl. for Ashes.
4. ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalids 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
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