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Pucker


PUCK'ER, verb transitive [Latin pectus; Gr. signifies closely, densely, to cover.] To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate.

His face pale and withered, and his skin puckered in wrinkles.

It is usually followed by up; as, to pucker up cloth; but up is superfluous. It is a popular word, but not elegant.

PUCK'ER, noun A fold or wrinkle, or a collection of folds.