“ash-coloured”
10 fragments across 10 traditions carry this sense. Every one of them opens a name; not a single tradition here uses this sense to close one.
Across the traditions
¶They are spread across 6 different families, from tabletop outward, which is the mark of a sense so basic that almost every tradition needs a word for it. No single tradition hoards it: the deepest, Banshee, has 1.
The Grey initial
- The Grey Keener
The Grey ash-coloured + Keener one who laments
ash-coloured one who laments
- The Grey Wake
The Grey ash-coloured + Wake death watch
ash-coloured death watch
- The Grey Maid
The Grey ash-coloured + Maid unmarried woman
ash-coloured unmarried woman
Grey initial
- Greysconce
Grey ash-coloured + sconce small earthwork
ash-coloured small earthwork
- Greybastle
Grey ash-coloured + bastle fortified farmhouse
ash-coloured fortified farmhouse
- Greywall
Grey ash-coloured + wall stone rampart
ash-coloured stone rampart
Grey initial
- Greyshak
Grey ash-coloured + shak shaker
ash-coloured shaker
- Greyhul
Grey ash-coloured + hul hide-scraper
ash-coloured hide-scraper
- Greymog
Grey ash-coloured + mog heavy one
ash-coloured heavy one
The Grey initial
- The Grey Magister
The Grey ash-coloured + Magister master
ash-coloured master
- The Grey Warden
The Grey ash-coloured + Warden one who guards
ash-coloured one who guards
- The Grey Auditor
The Grey ash-coloured + Auditor one who hears
ash-coloured one who hears
Grey initial
- Greysole
Grey ash-coloured + sole foot's base
ash-coloured foot's base
- Greyspine
Grey ash-coloured + spine stacked bones
ash-coloured stacked bones
- Greypalm
Grey ash-coloured + palm open hand
ash-coloured open hand
Grey initial
- Greycoil
Grey ash-coloured + coil wound loop
ash-coloured wound loop
- Greymark
Grey ash-coloured + mark boundary sign
ash-coloured boundary sign
- Greythread
Grey ash-coloured + thread twisted fibre
ash-coloured twisted fibre
Grey initial
- Greyback
Grey ash-coloured + back rear side
ash-coloured rear side
- Grey the Nameless
Grey ash-coloured + the nameless nameless
ash-coloured nameless
- Grey the Sleepless
Grey ash-coloured + the sleepless sleepless
ash-coloured sleepless
Grey initial
- Grey Movement
Grey ash-coloured + movement shared cause
ash-coloured shared cause
- Grey Sound
Grey ash-coloured + sound vibrating air
ash-coloured vibrating air
- Grey Press
Grey ash-coloured + press printing house
ash-coloured printing house
Grey initial
- Greystep
Grey ash-coloured + step footfall
ash-coloured footfall
- Greypurse
Grey ash-coloured + purse leather bag
ash-coloured leather bag
- Greylock
Grey ash-coloured + lock door fastening
ash-coloured door fastening
Grey initial
- Greyfern
Grey ash-coloured + fern curled frond
ash-coloured curled frond
- Greytimber
Grey ash-coloured + timber felled wood
ash-coloured felled wood
- Greytwig
Grey ash-coloured + twig thin shoot
ash-coloured thin shoot
Senses that travel together
Each of these shares at least two traditions with “ash-coloured”. Senses that keep turning up in the same sets usually belong to one semantic field — the small vocabulary a naming tradition returns to again and again.
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