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.
© Webster 1913.
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.]
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