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Webster 1913 Edition
Cork
Cork
(kôrk)
, Noun.
[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.
☞
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.Cork
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Corked
(kôrkt)
; 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.
☞ 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. Webster 1828 Edition
Cork
CORK
,Noun.
1.
A glandiferous tree, a species of Quercus, growing in Spain and Portugal, having a thick, rough, fungous, cleft bark.2.
The outer bark of the tree, or epidermis, of which stopples for bottles and casks are made. This outer bark is taken off, and a new epidermis is formed, which, in six or seven years, becomes fit for use. This bark is also burnt to make a kind of light black, called Spanish black.3.
A stopple for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.CORK
,Verb.
T.