puckeringn.
/ˈpʌk(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpəkərɪŋ/ The action of pucker v., in various senses; (also) the result of this; a drawing together or gathering of cloth, the skin, etc., into wrinkles or irregular folds.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > contraction > into wrinkles
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puckering1611
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Crespatúra A puckring in any cloth or clothes.
a1703 R. Hooke Lect. Navigation & Astron. in Posthumous Wks. (1705) 461 'Tis possible the irregular Surface of the Earth may have been, in part, caus'd by the puckering of the Cortical Parts thereof.
1797 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) v. 97 Stricture from the Puckering of the inner Membrane of the Œsophagus.
1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 115/1 The flower should be circular, without puckering or frilling.
1870 Eng. Mech. 4 Mar. 615/3 How can zinc be laid..without puckering?
1875 L. S. Floyer Plain Needlework 14 Puckering in seaming is caused by the children holding the right elbow close to the right side.
1895 J. E. Davis Elem. Mod. Dressmaking (ed. 2) 48 It will show by little puckerings on the bodice below the collar.
1918 J. Galsworthy in Times 22 Feb. 9/5 I can see her now..the sudden puckering of her dried-up little face, the tears rolling down.
1969 Times 10 Jan. 7/3 But because puckering in metals is hard to observe, the scientists turned to Plasticine.
1992 M. Margetts Classic Crafts 30/1 It is also useful to indicate on each template the direction in which the lengthwise grain of the fabric should run (a bias-cut piece will distort and cause unsightly puckering).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
puckeringadj.
/ˈpʌk(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpəkərɪŋ/ That puckers, or has a puckered appearance; (also) that causes something, esp. the face or mouth, to pucker.
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1714 D. Turner De Morbis Cutaneis 268 The Puckering Work of a silly Child drawing up some Hole or Rent, which by some Accident hath been made therein.
1766 C. Anstey New Bath Guide (ed. 2) Epil. iii. 134 Where oft, I ween, the Brewer's Cauldron flows With Elder's mawkish Juice, and puckering Sloes.
1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 380 A double ‘puckering string’, such as our grandmothers used in their workbags.
1897 Outing 30 354/1 A puckering frown of ripples upon the pool.
1935 Hopewell (New Jersey) Herald 6 Feb. 6/2 When eaten raw they [sc. cranberries] are bitter and puckering.
1973 O. Sacks Awakenings i. 36 The muscles about the mouth exhibited puckering movements and occasional pursings and poutings of the lips.
2006 Asbury Park Press (Neptune, New Jersey) (Nexis) 15 Jan. e10 The spinach leaves have been cooked just enough to lose their tannins, that tea-like puckering residue this green sometimes imparts on the tongue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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