— puckerer , n.
/puk"euhr/ , v.t. , v.i.
1. to draw or gather into wrinkles or irregular folds, as material or a part of the face; constrict: Worry puckered his brow.
n.
2. a wrinkle; an irregular fold.
3. a puckered part, as of cloth tightly or crookedly sewn.
4. Archaic. a state of agitation or perturbation.
[ 1590-1600; appar. a freq. form connected with POKE 2 ; see -ER 6 and for the meaning cf. PURSE ]