Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ash \Ash\ ([a^]sh), n. [OE. asch, esh, AS. [ae]sc; akin to OHG.
   asc, Sw. & Dan. ask, Icel. askr, D. esch, G. esche.]
   1. (Bot.) A genus of trees of the Olive family, having
      opposite pinnate leaves, many of the species furnishing
      valuable timber, as the European ash ({Fraxinus
      excelsior}) and the white ash ({F. Americana}).

   {Prickly ash} ({Zanthoxylum Americanum}) and {Poison ash}
      ({Rhus venenata}) are shrubs of different families,
      somewhat resembling the true ashes in their foliage.

   {Mountain ash}. See {Roman tree}, and under {Mountain}.

   2. The tough, elastic wood of the ash tree.

   Note: Ash is used adjectively, or as the first part of a
         compound term; as, ash bud, ash wood, ash tree, etc.

Fraxinus \Frax"i*nus\, n. [L., the ash tree.] (Bot.)
   A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north
   temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.

   Note: {Fraxinus excelsior} is the European ash; {F.
         Americana}, the white ash; {F. sambucifolia}, the black
         ash or water ash.

Coot \Coot\ (k[=oo]t), n. [Cf. D. koet, W. cwtair; cwta short,
   bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau to dock. Cf. {Cut}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus {Fulica}.
          The common European or bald coot is {F. atra} (see
          under {bald}); the American is {F. Americana}.
      (b) The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the
          species of ({[OE]demia} are called coots. See
          {Scoter}. ``As simple as a coot.'' --Halliwell.

   2. A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot. [Colloq.]