Puckering

Puckering
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. [1913 Webster]

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  • John Puckering — Sir John Puckering (1544 in Flamborough, Yorkshire 30 April 1596) was a lawyer, Speaker of the English House of Commons, and Lord Keeper from 1592 until his death. He married Anne Chowne, daughter of George Chowne, and had one son, and at least… …   Wikipedia

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