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  • noun The wood of the ash tree.

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ash +‎ wood

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Examples

  • On the content of the SI article itself, this is what really caught my eye: Mullins owns 10 different sets of prosthetic legs, from her titanium sprinting legs "my brother calls them my 'robo-cop legs,'" she laughs to the intricately carved ashwood museum pieces she once modeled in a fashion show for designer Alexander McQueen.

    Not "legless": Ten pairs of legs! Kay Olson 2007

  • On the content of the SI article itself, this is what really caught my eye: Mullins owns 10 different sets of prosthetic legs, from her titanium sprinting legs "my brother calls them my 'robo-cop legs,'" she laughs to the intricately carved ashwood museum pieces she once modeled in a fashion show for designer Alexander McQueen.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Kay Olson 2007

  • Black ashwood is another option, and hand-picked poplar wood is an option reserved for the more-expensive, V-12-powered CL 600.

    Mercedes' Covetable New Coupe 2006

  • Besides all this, there were on the right side of the platform high-backed ashwood chairs for the jury, and on the floor below tables for the advocates.

    Resurrection 2003

  • Each was designed so that two large square ashwood vats could be fitted into its bed, and the sides of the vats could be hung with golden buckets.

    The Warslayer Edghill, Rosemary 2002

  • Some had been - nailed by spears and ashwood lances.

    Dalamar the Dark Berberick, Nancy Varian 2000

  • There were two stout ashwood clubs here, The Calmer and The Killer.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

  • The ashwood haft was as long as his arm, and smooth and cool to the touch.

    The Eye of the World Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1990

  • She licked bread powder off her fingertips, put her elbows on the pale ashwood and, leaning close to him, said, 'Do you really think this Avalon Ltd is a clue left behind for us by Okami-san?'

    The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

  • He shook the ashwood spear, he taught the men unfearingly:

    Our Catholic Heritage in English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days Emily Hickey

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