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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Puckered

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Puckering

[From

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.

Noun.

A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.

A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother; agitation.

[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]

Verb.

[L. pectus; Gr. signifies closely, densely, to cover.] To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into ridges and furrows; to corrugate.

His face pale and withered, and his skin puckered in wrinkles.

It is usually followed by up; as, to pucker up cloth; but up is superfluous. It is a popular word, but not elegant.

Noun.

A fold or wrinkle, or a collection of folds.