| Stephen stands at the pianola on which sprawl his hat and ashplant. |
| Stephen throws his ashplant on the table and seizes Zoe round the waist. |
| An ashplant was the name for a common implement among farmers and drovers of cattle in Ireland, made from a sapling of an ash tree. |
| He climbed over the sedge and eely oarweeds and sat on a stool of rock, resting his ashplant in a grike. |
| Her discussion of Joyce's use of the ashplant as a symbol throughout his work is particularly free-wheeling and impressive. |
| He knew that she would most likely have a book under her arm, and an ashplant in her hand. |
