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[syn: corked, corky]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.
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Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. --Bp.
Hall.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Corked \Corked\ (k?rkt), a.
having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a
bottle of wine is corked.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
corked
adj 1: (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess
tannin; "a corked port" [syn: corked, corky]