a. [ See Ash, the tree. ] Of or pertaining to the ash tree. “Ashen poles.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ashen hue of age. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n., obs. pl. for Ashes. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not washed. [ Archaic ] “To eat with unwashen hands.” Matt. xv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
obs. p. p. of Wash. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]