embalmern.
/ɪmˈbɑːmə/, /ɛmˈbɑːmə/, U.S. /əmˈbɑ(l)mər/, /ɛmˈbɑ(l)mər/ He who or that which embalms.
1. One whose occupation it is to embalm dead bodies.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > embalming > one who
powderer1555
embalmer1587
balmera1618
salter1705
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. viii. 108 Imbalmers..of Dead bodyes.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum § 771 The Romans..were not so good Embalmers as the Egyptians.
1700 Bickerst. detected in J. Swift Wks. (1755) II. i. 165 Undertakers, imbalmers, etc.
1744 Trav. Late Charles Thompson III. 289 The Embalmers having done their part, the body was delivered to the relations.
1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 18 As..Egyptian Embalmers serve mummies.
1861 All Year Round 5 14 The embalmer's work from all decay Had kept his royal person.
1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xxii. 690 A straggling suburb inhabited by the embalmers.
2. figurative. That which sweetly preserves from decay.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation from decay, loss, or destruction > one who or that which preserves from decay, etc. > that which preserves from decay, loss, etc.
conservea1393
conservativea1398
preservative?a1439
conservator?1440
preservationc1475
preserve1554
conservatory1563
conservice1607
conservatorship1645
preservatory1654
balsam1658
amber1785
embalmer1838
1838 R. W. Emerson Wks. (1906) II. 192 The religious sentiment is a mountain air. It is the embalmer of the world.
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