Cork

n.	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 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.
v. t.	1.	To stop with a cork, as a bottle. [imp. & p. p. Corked (kôrkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Corking.]
	2.	To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork. Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. - Bp. Hall.

Noun	1.	cork - outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.
	2.	cork - (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells Synonyms: phellem
	3.	Cork - a port city in southern Ireland
	4.	cork - the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
	5.	cork - a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line Synonyms: bobber, bobfloat, bob
Verb	1.	cork - close a bottle with a cork Synonyms: cork up Antonyms: uncork - draw the cork from (bottles); "uncork the French wine"
	2.	cork - stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter"

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