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2 definitions found 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]: corking adj : (informal) very good; "a bully pulpit"; "a cool sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn: {bang-up}, {bully}, {cool}, {cracking}, {dandy}, {great}, {groovy}, {keen}, {neat}, {nifty}, {not bad(p)}, {peachy}, {slap-up}, {swell}, {smashing}]
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