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Goffer

To plait, flute, or crimp. See Gauffer.

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Flounce 76% connected

To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flou…

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Frill 76% connected

To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.

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Furbelow 76% connected

A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.

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Iron 76% connected

The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.…

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Ruffle 76% connected

To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers, plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

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Sharpie 76% connected

A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on th…

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Wave 76% connected

See Waive.

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Gauffer 92% connected

To plait, crimp, or flute; to goffer, as lace. See Goffer.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gopher 92% connected

One of several North American burrowing rodents of the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidae; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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