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corrugator|ˈkɒr(j)uːgeɪtə(r)|
[a. mod.L. corrūgātor, agent-n. f. corrūgāre to corrugate.]
1. Anything which corrugates or causes corrugation. rare.
1782A. Monro Anat. 215 Styptics, and other like corrugators, are vainly applied.
2. Anat. Each of the two small muscles which contract the brows in the action of frowning.
[1706Phillips, Corrugator Supercilii.] 1839Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 280/2 The corrugator and frontalis muscles. 1872Darwin Emotions ix. 222 The corrugators, by their contraction, lower the eyebrows and bring them together, producing vertical furrows on the forehead, that is, a frown.
3. One who superintends a corrugating machine.
1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 91. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §278 Zinc corrugator (galvanised sheet). Ibid. §559 Corrugator, corrugated packing maker. |