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▪ I. puckering, vbl. n.|ˈpʌkərɪŋ|
[f. pucker v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. pucker, or its result; a drawing together or gathering of cloth, the skin, etc., into wrinkles or irregular folds.
1611Florio, Crespatúra, a puckring in any cloth or clothes. 1797M. Baillie Morb. Anat. (1807) 98 Stricture from the Puckering of the inner Membrane of the Œsophagus. 1858Glenny Gard. Every-day Bk. 115/1 The flower should be circular, without puckering or frilling. 1870Eng. Mech. 4 Mar. 615/3 How can zinc be laid..with⁓out puckering? 1875Plain Needlework 14 Puckering in seaming is caused by the children holding the right elbow close to the right side.
▪ II. puckering, ppl. a.|ˈpʌkərɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That puckers. (trans. and intr.)
1766[Anstey] Bath Guide Epil. 287 Where oft, I ween, the Brewer's Cauldron flows With Elder's mawkish Juice, and puckering Sloes. 1889Anthony's Photogr. Bull. II. 380 A double ‘puckering string’, such as our grandmothers used in their workbags. 1897Outing (U.S.) XXX. 354/1 A puckering frown of ripples upon the pool. |