Cork — Defs

01 n. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.

1.
The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose. 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.

Phrases & compounds

Cork jackets — a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming.

Cork tree — the species of oak (Quercus Suber of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce.

02 v. t. To stop with a cork, as a bottle.

imp. & p. p. Corked; 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.