单词 | goffer |
释义 | goffern. 1. A goffering-tool. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > pressing or ironing > ironing or pressing implements pressing iron1343 cold press1552 setting-stick?1578 putter1583 putting stick1583 poking-stick1592 pooter1596 poting stick1600 poker1604 goose1606 poking-iron?1606 iron1613 smoothing-iron1627 steel1638 box iron1640 smoothing-boxa1684 press iron1695 ironing board1721 sad iron1759 ironing blanket1774 ironing table1778 flat-iron1810 sleeve-board1826 ironer1833 Italian iron1833 press-board1849 ironing machine1851 goffering-iron1861 skirt-board1861 goffer1865 trouser press1880 ironing board cover1886 trouser presser1888 electric iron1890 press cloth1918 press-pad1924 tie press1926 steam-iron1951 pressing board1969 1865 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. The thumb and finger get sore and blistered from working the goffers. 2. ‘An ornamental plaiting used for the frills and borders of women's caps, etc.’ (Ogilvie). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). goffergaufferv. transitive. To make wavy by means of heated goffering-irons; to flute or crimp (the edge of lace, a frill, or trimming of any kind). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > press or iron set1530 press1555 pote1600 poke1606 smooth1617 iron?1670 goffer1706 steel1746 goose1808 streak1823 flat-iron1865 fuller1880 1706 [implied in: J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems i. 29 Ev'n his whole shirt his skin doth hide. Gowpherd, Gratnizied, Cloaks rare pointed, Embroider'd, lac'd [etc.]. (at goffered adj. 1)]. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. xxi. 237 I'll have to get it [sc. my ruff] all goffered over again. 186. B. P. Brent in W. B. Tegetmeier Pigeons (1868) xxiii. 178 A small conical hollow, which gives the plumage the appearance of having been goffered or raised by a fine pair of curling tongs. 1879 Mrs. A. G. F. E. James Indian Househ. Managem. 15 Flounces and frills a dhobie [= washerman] will get up and gauffre beautifully. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 233 Her cap..was fairly and daintily goffered at the edges. Derivatives ˈgofferer n. (cf. French gaufreur). ΚΠ ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 75 Milliner, etc...Gofferer or Gopherer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865v.1706 |
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