sufflator

sufflator [CL sufflare+-tor], a one who blows (mus. instr.). b one who pumps or uses bellows, smelter. a 1319 ~or cornu ‥ pro sufflacione [v. l. pulsacione] cornu operacionum (KR Ac 486/29, 487/2) King's Works I 383n. 3.  b 1300 in vadiis fusorum ‥ ~orum, bolariorum ‥ fornellariorum, affinatorum Pipe 145; 1323 domus necessarias bolarii et coadjutorum ejusdem, fornellarii et ~orum ejusdem Ib. 170 r. 53; 1407 manuceperunt ‥ quod ipsi in prejudicium ‥ domini regis ac populi sui decetero non erunt ~ores auri vel argenti Cl 256 m. 8d.; 1508 omnium ~orum sive fabricatorum (Pat) Rec. Stan. 31 (v. sufflare 3b).