3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cork \Cork\ (k[^o]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw kork, D. kurk;
all fr Sp corcho, fr L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf
{Cortex}.]
1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree ({Quercus
Suber}), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made
See {Cutose}.
2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.
3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in
greater or less abundance.
Note: Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker;
calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or
ox
{Cork jackets}, a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed
within canvas, and used to aid in swimming.
{Cork tree} (Bot.), the species of oak ({Quercus Suber} of
Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of
commerce.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cork \Cork\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corked} (k[^o]rkt); p. pr &
vb n. {Corking}.]
1. To stop with a cork, as a bottle.
2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.
Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. --Bp.
Hall.
Note: To cork is sometimes used erroneously for to calk, to
furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points,
and also in the meaning of cutting with a calk.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cork
n 1: outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles
etc
2: (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead
cells [syn: {phellem}]
3: the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
4: a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing
line [syn: {bob}, {bobber}, {bobfloat}]
v : close a bottle with a cork [syn: {cork up}] [ant: {uncork}]
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