See Fraxinus, Botany Index.

Ash-Hole, among chemists, is the lowest part of a furnace; and is intended to receive the ashes falling from the fire, and to give a passage to the air which is to be introduced into the furnace, to keep up the combustion.

Ash-Wednesday, the first day of Lent; supposed to have been so called from a custom in the church, of sprinkling ashes that day on the heads of penitents then admitted to penance. See Lent.