gauffer

== English == === Etymology === From French gaufrer (“to figure cloth, velvet, and other stuffs”), from gaufre (“honeycomb, waffle”); of Germanic origin. See waffle, wafer, and compare goffer, gopher (“an animal”). === Verb === gauffer (third-person singular simple present gauffers, present participle gauffering, simple past and past participle gauffered) (transitive) To plait, crimp, or flute Synonym: goffer (transitive, historical, bookbinding) To decorate the edges of a text block with a heated iron. === References === “gauffer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === gauffre, ruffage