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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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