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单词 goffer
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goffern.

Brit. /ˈɡəʊfə/, /ˈɡɒfə/, U.S. /ˈɡɑfər/
Etymology: < French gaufre: see the verb. In sense 1 the modern French term is gaufrier.
1. A goffering-tool.
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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.

Brit. /ˈɡəʊfə/, /ˈɡɒfə/, U.S. /ˈɡɑfər/ /ˈɡɔːfə(r)/
Forms: Also gopher, gofer, gauf(f)re, (1700s Scottish gowpher).
Etymology: < French gaufrer to stamp or impress figures on cloth, paper, etc. with tools on which the required pattern is cut, < gaufre honeycomb (see gofer n.1). The usual sense of the English word is in French expressed by gauffrer à la paille.
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).
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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.
figurative.1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 230 No plaited folds of favour, crimped and goffered by ceremony.

Derivatives

ˈgofferer n. (cf. French gaufreur).
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?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 75 Milliner, etc...Gofferer or Gopherer.
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