1. (Masonry) (a) Hewn or squared stone; also, masonry made of squared or hewn stone.
Rough ashlar, a block of freestone as brought from the quarry. When hammer-dressed it is known as
common ashlar.
Knight.
(b) In the United States especially, a thin facing of squared and dressed stone upon a wall of rubble or
brick. Knight.
Ashlaring
(Ash"lar*ing, Ash"ler*ing), n.
1. The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
2. Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall. Brande & C.
3. (Carp.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2.
Ashore
(A*shore") adv. [Pref. a- + shore.] On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the
shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); — sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.
Here shall I die ashore.
Shak.
I must fetch his necessaries ashore.
Shak.
Ashtoreth
(Ash"to*reth) n.; pl. Ashtaroth The principal female divinity of the Phœnicians, as Baal was
the principal male divinity. W. Smith.
Ash Wednesday
(Ash` Wednes"day) The first day of Lent; — so called from a custom in the Roman
Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents.
Ashweed
(Ash"weed`) n. (Bot.) [A corruption of ache-weed; F. ache. So named from the likeness of
its leaves to those of ache ] Goutweed.
Ashy
(Ash"y) a.
1. Pertaining to, or composed of, ashes; filled, or strewed with, ashes.
2. Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale. Shak.
Ashy pale, pale as ashes. Shak.
Asian
(A"sian) a. [L. Asianus, Gr. fr. L. Asia.] Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic. "Asian princes." Jer.
Taylor. — n. An Asiatic.
Asiarch
(A"si*arch) n. [L. Asiarcha, Gr. + ruler.] One of the chiefs or pontiffs of the Roman province
of Asia, who had the superintendence of the public games and religious rites. Milner.
Asiatic
(A`si*at"ic) a. [L. Asiaticus, Gr. .] Of or pertaining to Asia or to its inhabitants. — n. A native,
or one of the people, of Asia.
Asiaticism
(A`si*at"i*cism) n. Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.
Aside
(A*side") adv. [Pref. a- + side.]
