A wrinkled seam in sail-making. Also, anything in a state of confusion.
·noun A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds. II. Pucker ·noun A state of perplexity or anxiety; ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
All in a pucker; in a dishabille. Also in a fright; as, she was in a terrible pucker. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A fright; a state of perplexity or trouble; agitation. Provincial in England. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Water impregnated with alum, or other astringents, used by old experienced traders to counterfeit vi...