GAUFFER: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'gofur
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| Matching Terms: | | Gauffering
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- [n] an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
- [n] an iron used to press pleats and ridges
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| | Synonyms: | | goffer |
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| | See Also: | | flounce, frill, furbelow, iron, ruffle, smoothing iron | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gauf"fer\, v. t. [F. gaufrer to figure cloth, velvet,
and other stuffs, fr. gaufre honeycomb, waffle; of German
origin. See {Waffle}, {Wafer}, and cf. {Goffer}, {Gopher} an
animal.]
To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See {Goffer}.
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