The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ashen \Ash"en\, a. [See Ash, the tree.]
   Of or pertaining to the ash tree. "Ashen poles." --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ashen \Ash"en\, a.
   Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown
   and gray, or white and gray.
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         The ashen hue of age.                    --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ashen \Ash"en\, n.,
   obs. pl. for Ashes. --Chaucer.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ashen
    adj 1: anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned
           ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak
           with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock";
           "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley;
           "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage" [syn:
           ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white]
    2: made of wood of the ash tree