whiskering
English
noun
Definitions
- (fashion) The fading of creases in blue jeans, especially around the crotch; often added artificially in order to simulate a "worn" look.
- (printing) A defect of gravure printing characterized by printed areas possessing hairlike tendrils of ink sticking out into non-image areas.
Etymology
Suffix from English whisker.
Origin
English
whisker
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewhisker English
- dewhisker English
- interwhisker English
- nanowhisker English
- tin whisker English
- whisk English
- whisker English
- whiskered English
- whiskerless English
- whiskerlike English
- whiskery English
- wisker Middle English
- wiska Kriol