Ash

ash, n. a well-known timber tree, or its wood, which is white, tough, and hard, much used in carpentry and wheel-work: the ashen shaft of a spear, or a spear itself.— adj. Ash′en .— n. Ground′-ash , or Ash′-plant , an ash sapling.— Mountain ash , the rowan-tree; Quaking ash , the aspen. [A.S. æsc —Ger. esche , Ice. askr .]