3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cork \Cork\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corked} (k[^o]rkt); 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] Note: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Corked \Corked\ (k?rkt), a. having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: corked adj 1: sealed with a cork 2: (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin; "a corked port" [syn: {corky}]
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