Definition of cork

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Cork (n.) A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance..

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Corkwing :: Corkwing (n.) A fish; the goldsinny.
Uncork :: Uncork (v. t.) To draw the cork from; as, to uncork a bottle..
Cork :: 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..
Stoppled :: Stopple (v. t.) That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple..
Cork Fossil :: Cork fossil () A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork..
Cork :: Cork (v. t.) To stop with a cork, as 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..
Corkscrew :: Corkscrew (v. t.) To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd..
Cork :: Cork (v. t.) To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.
Suberite :: Suberin (n.) A material found in the cell walls of cork. It is a modification of lignin.
Linoleum :: Linoleum (n.) A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
Cutinization :: Cutinization (n.) The conversion of cell walls into a material which repels water, as in cork..
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.
Porkwood :: Porkwood (n.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree (Pisonia obtusata) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called pigeon wood, beefwood, and corkwood..
Corky :: Corky (a.) Tasting of cork.
Phellogen :: Phellogen (n.) The tissue of young cells which produces cork cells.
Cerin :: Cerin (n.) A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.
Corky :: Corky (a.) Consisting of, or like, cork; dry shriveled up..
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