Goffer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To press ridges or narrow pleats into (a frill, for example).
  • n. An iron used for pressing ridges or narrow pleats.
  • n. Ridges or pleats produced in this manner.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To make wavy; to crimp.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To plait, flute, or crimp. See gauffer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To plait, flute, or crimp (lace, etc.).
  • To raise in relief, especially for ornamental purposes, as thin metal, starched linen, or the like.
  • n. An ornamental plaiting used for the frills and borders of women's caps, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats
  • n. an iron used to press pleats and ridges
  • v. make wavy with a heated goffering iron
  • n. a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
  • Verb Form
    goffered    goffering    goffers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ruffle    flounce    furbelow    frill    smoothing iron    iron    wave    sharpy    busy bee    sharpie   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    gauffer   
    Form
    goffered    goffering