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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker; calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or ox. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Corked p. pr. & vb. n. Corking. ] 1. To stop with a cork, as a bottle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Min.) A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being corky. [ 1913 Webster ]

A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd. [ Colloq. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. shaped like a corkscrew; spiral; helical. [ PJC ]

corkscrew stairs, a spiral staircase around a solid newel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A fish; the goldsinny. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The wood of the cork oak. [ Obs. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Any one of several trees or shrubs having light or corky wood; esp.: (a) In the United States, the tree Leitneria floridana, a very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in the southeastern US having extremely light wood; -- called also the corkwood tree. (b) In the West Indies: (1) Either of the cotton trees Ochroma lagopus and Pariti tiliaceum. (2) The tree producing the aligator apple. (3) The blolly. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry shriveled up. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bind fast hiss corky arms. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tasting of cork. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Shuttlecock. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + cork. ] To draw the cork from; as, to uncork a bottle. [ 1913 Webster ]