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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an iron used to press pleats and ridges;
[syn: goffer, gauffer, goffering iron, gauffering iron]

2. an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats;
[syn: goffer, gauffer]


VERB (1)

1. make wavy with a heated goffering iron;
- Example: "goffer the trim of the dress"
[syn: gauffer, goffer]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gauffer \Gauf"fer\, v. t. [F. gaufrer to figure cloth, velvet, and other stuffs, fr. gaufre honeycomb, waffle; of German origin. See Waffle, Wafer, and cf. Goffer, Gopher an animal.] To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gauffer n 1: an iron used to press pleats and ridges [syn: goffer, gauffer, goffering iron, gauffering iron] 2: an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats [syn: goffer, gauffer] v 1: make wavy with a heated goffering iron; "goffer the trim of the dress" [syn: gauffer, goffer]