Part 678

<hw>As"cript</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Adscript</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Ascription</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>As*crip"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ascriptio</ets>, fr. <ets>ascribere</ets>. See <er>Ascribe</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of ascribing, imputing, or affirming to belong; also, that which is ascribed.</def>

<h1>Ascriptitious</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>As`crip*ti"tious</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ascriptitius</ets>, fr. <ets>ascribere</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Ascribed.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Added; additional.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>An <b>ascriptitious</b> and supernumerary God. <i>Farindon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Ascus</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>As"cus</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. Asci</plu> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a bladder.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small membranous bladder or tube in which are inclosed the seedlike reproductive particles or sporules of lichens and certain fungi.</def>

<h1>A-sea</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A-sea</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>sea</ets>.]</ety> <def>On the sea; at sea; toward the sea.</def>

<h1>Aseptic</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A*sep"tic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> not + <ets>septic</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not liable to putrefaction; nonputrescent.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> An aseptic substance.</def></def2>

<h1>Asexual</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A*sex"u*al</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> not + <ets>sexual</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having no distinct; without sexual action; <as>as, <ex>asexual</ex> reproduction</as>. See <er>Fission</er> and <er>Gemmation</er>.</def>

<h1>Asexually</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>A*sex"u*al*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an asexual manner; without sexual agency.</def>

<h1>Ash</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ash</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>asch</ets>, <ets>esh</ets>, AS. <ets>\'91sc</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>asc</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>ask</ets>, Icel. <ets>askr</ets>, D. <ets>esch</ets>, G. <ets>esche</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of trees of the Olive family, having opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing valuable timber, as the European ash <spn>(Fraxinus excelsior)</spn> and the white ash <spn>(F. Americana)</spn>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Prickly ash</col> <spn>(Zanthoxylum Americanum)</spn> and <col>Poison ash</col> <spn>(Rhus venenata)</spn></mcol> <cd>are shrubs of different families, somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.</cd> -- <col>Mountain ash</col>. <cd>See <er>Roman tree</er>, and under <er>Mountain</er>.</cd></cs>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.</def>

<note><i>Ash</i> is used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound term; as, <i>ash</i> bud, <ex>ash</ex> wood, <ex>ash</ex> tree, etc.</note>

<h1>Ash</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ash</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>, <def> <it>sing.</it> of <er>Ashes</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Ash</i> is rarely used in the singular except in connection with chemical or geological products; as, soda <i>ash</i>, coal which yields a red <i>ash</i>, etc., or as a qualifying or combining word; as, <i>ash</i> bin, <i>ash</i> heap, <i>ash</i> hole, <i>ash</i> pan, <i>ash</i> pit, <i>ash</i>-grey, <i>ash</i>-colored, pearl<i>ash</i>, pot<i>ash</i>.</note>

<cs><col>Bone ash</col>, <cd>burnt powered; bone earth.</cd> -- <col>Volcanic ash</col>. <cd>See under <er>Ashes</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ash</h1> <Xpage=88>

<hw>Ash</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To strew or sprinkle with ashes.</def>