kakelugnsaska

• kakelugnsaſka (obsolete typography)

Compound of kakelugn (“cocklestove, tile stove”) +‎ -s- +‎ aska (“ash”). First attested in 1778^[1].

kakelugnsaska c

1. ash from a cocklestove
   • 1854 April 1, “Örebro”, in Nerikes nya Allahanda, number 26, page 1:

     Wid i Onsdags, inför Rådhusrätten fortſatt förhör, till utrönande af eldens uppkomſt ſiſtlidne wecka, inhemtades att den härledt ſig deraf, att aſka blifwit af en lärgosſe utförd och ned kaſtad uti en i den ſå kallade färgboden ſtående trätunna, i hwilken, efter gammalt bruk, kakelugnsaſka ſamlades. Någon fullkomlig wiẞhet härom har dock icke kunnat erhållas.

     On Wednesday, during the continued examination before the Town Court to ascertain the cause of the fire that occurred last week, it was gathered that the fire originated from ashes that had been taken out by a schoolboy and cast into a wooden barrel within the so-called paint shop, where, by old custom, ashes from the tile stove were collected. However, no complete certainty on this matter has yet been obtained.

   • 1871 July 1, “Tvätt-pulver [Washing powder]”, in Hudiksvallsposten, number 26 (advertisment), page 4:

     Då man i allmänhet till byke och tvätt begagnar spis- eller kakelugnsaska såsom lut är den oftast litet bränd och innehåller derjemte flera orena partiklar, hvilka i stället för att rena kläderna tvärtom göra dem gul- och gråaktiga, […]

     When one generally uses stove or tiled stove ash as lye for laundry and washing, it is often somewhat burnt and also contains several impure particles, which instead of cleaning the clothes, make them yellowish and grayish,

   • 2008 November 18, Fågelvägen, “Aska, När använder man aska? [Ash, when do you use ash?]”, in Odla.nu (forum), page 1:

     Våra friväxande syrenhäckar, ca 30 m sammanlagt, brukar få vår kakelugnsaska.

     Our free-growing lilac hedges, about 30 meters in total, usually receive the ashes from our tiled stove.