askblåsare

Swedish

Alternative forms

• aſkeblåſare (“archaic”)

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, aska (“ash”) +‎ blåsare (“blower”). Ultimately calque of Latin ciniflo (“hairdresser”) via (likely) folk etymological compound of cinis (“ash”) +‎ flō (“blow”). First attested in 1640.

Noun

askblåsare c

1. a person who blow or bellows a fire [since 1640]
2. (obsolete dysphemistic) chemist [since 1709]

   Synonym: kemist

   • 1709, Urban Hjärne, Urbani Hierne Defensionis Paracelsicæ Prodromus, page 5:

     Aſkeblåſare / ſom Paracelſum laͤſa och intet foͤrſtå / ey heller hint till ſitt foͤreſatte måhl / foͤrfoͤlja och foͤrtala honom alldramaͤſt.

     Chymist / who reads Paracelsus and understands nothing / nor hints at his intended goal / persecutes and slanders him altogether badly.

Etymology 2

From its pyroelectrical ability, used to pull ash from sepiolite pipes. First attested in 1779.

Cognate with Dutch aschentrekker.

Noun

askblåsare c

1. (obsolete) tourmaline

   Synonym: turmalin