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A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat. [Slang, Eng.] Halliwell.

sty white. Dusty miller (Bot.), a plant (Cineraria maritima); -- so called because of the ashy-white coating of its leaves.

Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.

In a flashy manner; with empty show.

The quality of being flashy.

To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.). Dying eyes gleamed forth their ashy lights. Shak.

canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It is grayish or ashy above, with the rump and upper tail coverts white, barred with dusky. The lower parts are pale brown, with the flanks and under tail coverts white. When fat it is prized by epicures. Called also dunne.

t; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages. "No lean wardrobe." Shak. Their lean and fiashy songs. Milton. What the land is, whether it be fat or lean. Num. xiii. 20. Out of my lean and low ability I'll lend you something. Shak.

Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy. De Quincey.

Rugged; rough. [Obs.] "With ruggy, ashy hairs." Chaucer.

To dye or tinge with scarlet. [R.] The ashy paleness of my cheek Is scarleted in ruddy flakes of wrath. Ford.

Wet, so as to spatter easily; wet, as with something slopped over; muddy; plashy; as, a sloppy place, walk, road.

The quality or state of being squashy, or soft.

ly Artamiidæ, allied to the shrikes but similar to swallows in appearance and habits. The ashy swallow shrike (Artamus fuscus) is common in India. -- Swallow warbler (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of East Indian and Australian singing birds of the genus Dicæum. They are allied to the honeysuckers.…

Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge.

n tropical countries, a few herbaceous species being North American. The foliage is often ashy-pubescent, whence the name.

In a trashy manner.

The quality or state of being trashy.

Washy; weak. [Obs.] Their bodies of so weak and wash a temper. Beau. & Fl.

The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.