Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pucker"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pucker \Puck"er\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Puckered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Puckering}.] [From {Poke} a pocket, small bag.]
To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into
ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to
pucker up the mouth. ``His skin [was] puckered up in
wrinkles.'' --Spectator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pucker \Puck"er\, n.
1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.
2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother;
agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pucker
n : an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)
[syn: {ruck}]
v 1: to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She
puckered her lips" [syn: {rumple}, {cockle}, {crumple},
{knit}]
2: draw fabric together and sew it tightly [syn: {gather}, {tuck}]
3: become puckered [syn: {ruck}, {ruck up}]
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