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- noun A leaf of an ash tree; used attributively in various terms (see Derived terms below).
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Examples
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It even occurred to me that having roosted a whole night under the same ash-leaf roof, I had somehow been accepted into their company by some ancient law of hospitality.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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It even occurred to me that having roosted a whole night under the same ash-leaf roof, I had somehow been accepted into their company by some ancient law of hospitality.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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In some places it was once the practice to pluck an ash-leaf in every case where the leaflets were of even number, and to say,
Among the Trees at Elmridge Ella Rodman Church
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At a sharp turn just opposite the clerk's house the swaying coach overturned, and the outside passengers were thrown into the midst of his much-prized ash-leaf kidneys.
The Parish Clerk 1892
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"Won't you put a few more sugar-bugs in your ash-leaf tea?"
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I have been told that an ash-leaf rubbed on a mosquito-bite will at once take out the sting and itching, and no better remedy can be found for the sting of a bee or a wasp. "
Among the Trees at Elmridge Ella Rodman Church
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