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PUCKERING
Noun
puckering (plural puckerings)
A fold or pinched bunch of fabric caused by the shrinkage of one layer among many.
Verb
puckering
present participle of pucker
Source: Wiktionary
PUCKER
Puck"er, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Puckered; p. pr. & vb. n. Puckering.] Etym: [From Poke a pocket, small bag.]
Definition: To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to pucker up the mouth. "His skin [was] puckered up in wrinkles." Spectator.
Puck"er, n.
1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.
2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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