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gauffer

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gauf⋅fer

  [gaw-fer, gof-er]
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–noun, verb (used with object)
goffer.

gof⋅fer

  [gof-er]
–noun
1. an ornamental plaiting used for frills and borders, as on women's caps.
–verb (used with object)
2. to flute (a frill, ruffle, etc.), as with a heated iron.
Also, gauffer.

Origin:
1700–10; < F gaufre waffle < MD wāfel waffle
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gauf·fer   (gŏf'ər, gô'fər)   
v.   & n.
Variant of goffer.
gof·fer also gauf·fer   (gŏf'ər, gô'fər)   
tr.v.   gof·fered also gauf·fered, gof·fer·ing also gauf·fer·ing, gof·fers also gauf·fers
To press ridges or narrow pleats into (a frill, for example).
n.  

  1. An iron used for pressing ridges or narrow pleats.

  2. Ridges or pleats produced in this manner.


[French gaufrer, to emboss, from Old French, from gaufre, honeycomb, waffle, of Germanic origin; see webh- in Indo-European roots.]
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