cinders (1 still so used dialectally)
1.
ashes
(residue of combustion)
Tit. II. iv. 37
“burn the heart to
cinders,”
Oth. IV. ii. 74,
Phœn. 55
2.
embers (pieces of
glowing coal)
Ant. V. ii. 172
“I shall show the of my
spirits Through the ashes of my
chance”
; applied to the stars
2H4 IV. iii. 58
“the cinders of the
element.”
