corrugate

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All the winter the drifting pack changes—grows by freezing, thickens by rafting, and corrugates by pressure.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir

Anything wet that touches it corrugates the surface a little, and you can tell with a microscope if someone's been playing at it.

From Mr. Standfast by Buchan, John

And no wonder; for a very slight proportion of tannic acid in the water corrugates and stiffens the thin, smooth skin of the anemone, like the tanning of leather.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 by Various

Crimp′age, act of crimping; Crimp′er, one who or that which crimps or corrugates; Crimp′ing-ī′ron, an iron instrument used for crimping hair; Crimp′ing-machine′, a machine for forming crimps or plaits on ruffles.—v.t.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various