Ash·en a.  Of or pertaining to the ash tree. “Ashen poles.”
  Ash·en, a. Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.
     The ashen hue of age.   --Sir W. Scott.
  Ash·en n., obs. pl. for Ashes.
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  ashen
       adj 1: ash-colored or anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a
              face turned ashen"; "the invalid's 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 rage" [syn: blanched, bloodless, livid,
               white]
       2: made of wood of the ash tree