CORK
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Cork (k&ô;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.
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2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.
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3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.
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&hand_; Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker; calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or ox.
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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.
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Cork, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corked (k&ô;rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Corking.] 1. To stop with a cork, as a bottle.
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2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.
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Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace.
Bp. Hall.
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&hand_; 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.
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