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Word: Goffer
Speech Type: Verb
late 16th century: from French gaufrer ‘stamp with a patterned tool’, from gaufre ‘honeycomb’, from Middle Low German wāfel (see waffle)
ˈɡɒfə
crimp the lace edges of (a garment) with a heated implement
Short Definition:crimp or flute lace edge or frill with heated irons
Examples:- Mary's afternoon caps had to be goffered
- her goffered white bonnet
emboss (the gilt edges of a book) with a repeating design
Short Definition:(of gilt edges of book) embossed with repeating design
Examples:- gold page edges on all sides have been gauffered in a geometric pattern
- gauffer
Word: Goffer
Speech Type: Noun
ˈɡɒfə
a heated implement used to crimp the lace edges of a garment.
Short Definition:heated implement used to crimp edges of garment
- gauffer
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