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corrugated, ppl. a.|ˈkɒr(j)uːgeɪtɪd|
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Of the skin: Wrinkled, drawn into wrinkles.
1623Cockeram, Corrugated, wrinckled. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Personal Wks. (Bohn) II. 132 His face corrugated, especially the large nose. 1878Browning Poets Croisic 146 Fain To..laugh smooth Thy corrugated brow.
2. a. transf. Marked as with wrinkles, i.e. with parallel folds, ridges, or furrows. spec. in Bot., Zool., etc.: cf. corrugate a.
1666J. Smith Old Age 138 (T.) [The palate] is..covered over with a nervous skin, corrugated with several asperities. 1776Withering Brit. Plants (1796) IV. 67 Foliage brownish green..puckered and corrugated. 1844–57G. Bird Urin. Deposits (ed. 5) 365 When..mixed with acetic acid, the fluid part of the mucus..coagulates into a thin semi-opaque corrugated membrane. 1882Zoologist Mar. 103 The corrugated formation of the carapace.
b. Bent into regular curved folds or grooves; as corrugated iron, sheet iron so bent (for increase of its strength), used for making walls, roofs, sheds, and the like; corrugated paper, corrugated strawboard, etc., a packing material designed to give elasticity; also corrugated gutta percha, corrugated glass, etc.
1853Catal. R. Agric. Soc. Show 121 Patent Corrugated and Flexible Gutta Percha Tubing. 1856Engineer I. 49/2 Wrought-iron corrugated bearing plates. 1887Times 25 Aug. 4/5 A large corrugated iron shed has been erected. 1897Chemist & Druggist L. 746 Among the minor conveniences..is the article known as corrugated paper. 1912World's Work Apr. 508/2 Corrugated packing material for packing bottles. Corrugated strawboard is generally considered the best medium. 1959Gloss. Packaging Terms (B.S.I.) 68 Corrugated paper. a. Single face. A fluted sheet of paper glued to a plain lining-sheet. Normally made from imitation strawpaper but also from other kinds of paper. b. Double face. A fluted sheet of paper glued between two lining-sheets. |
