0 consisting of or like ash (= the soft grey or black powder that is left after a substance has burned): --
2 (of skin) feeling dry, and having areas of white on it: --
"Us brown-skinned girls get ashy if we don't moisturize," she said, as she rubbed lotion on the girl's arm.
The doctor noticed the boy's arms appeared ashy and suspected he had a skin condition.
Although it shows up more on darker skin, ashy skin can affect people of all ethnicities.
The adult bird has a black back and crown, ashy grey wings, white underparts, yellow legs and red eyes.
His face was ashy, and his eyes staring, fixed, like those of a blind man or a corpse.
He came listlessly back to work, with the curious ashy colour of a man who has been sick.
If your hair is ashy, a golden colour-depositing shampoo can warm it up, says colourist Giselle.
In all the houses, a burned, ashy sediment had been piled up around some of the cooking-holes.