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Word: Goffer
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 16th century: from French gaufrer ‘stamp with a patterned tool’, from gaufre ‘honeycomb’, from Middle Low German wāfel (see waffle)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɡɒfə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
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
Definition:
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
Variant Forms:
- gauffer
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