Definition of cork

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Cork (n.) 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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Wire :: Wire (v. t.) To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors..
Phelloplastics :: Phelloplastics (n.) Art of modeling in cork.
Cloop :: Cloop (n.) The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.
Cutose :: Cutose (n.) A variety of cellulose, occuring as a fine transparent membrane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essential ingredient of cork; by oxidation it passes to suberic acid..
Cork :: Cork (n.) A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance..
Cork :: Cork (n.) A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork..
Cork Fossil :: Cork fossil () A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork..
Helmet :: Helmet (n.) A helmet-shaped hat, made of cork, felt, metal, or other suitable material, worn as part of the uniform of soldiers, firemen, etc., also worn in hot countries as a protection from the heat of the sun..
Corked :: Corked (imp. & p. p.) of Cor.
Shuttlecork :: Shuttlecork (n.) See Shuttlecock.
Cutin :: Cutin (n.) The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall, makes it waterproof, as in cork..
Cork :: Cork (v. t.) To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.
Corked :: Corked (a.) having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked..
Stoppled :: Stopple (v. t.) That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple..
Corticine :: Corticine (n.) A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber..
Linoleum :: Linoleum (n.) A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.
Corkwing :: Corkwing (n.) A fish; the goldsinny.
Phellogen :: Phellogen (n.) The tissue of young cells which produces cork cells.
Cutinization :: Cutinization (n.) The conversion of cell walls into a material which repels water, as in cork..
Shive :: Shive (n.) A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks..
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