cork1 (kork)

and a. cork - bark, cork - tre ) = D. kork, kurk = G. kork = Dan. Sw. kork, Philip, tasting his gla , called out, "Faugh! It's corked !" "So it is, and very badly corked , " growls my lord. Thackeray , Philip, xviii. One of several West substance cork. Also called cork - oak. - Brazilian cork-tree, a bignoniaceous shrub, Tabebuia uliginosa, the soft wood of which is used as a substitute for cork.East Indian cork-tree, Milling ton i a hortensis, a large tree of the same order, with large white fragrant flowers, cultivated in avenues and gardens. corkwood (kôrk' wud), n. Indian trees with light or porous wood, as the Anona palustris, Ochroma Lagopus, Paritium til i aceum, and Pisonia obtusata. - Corkwood cotton. See cotton1. corky (kôr'ki), a. [ IMG:content-1313.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1314.jpg:[blocks in formation] The layers of the bark are rarely well marked, and they generally become soon obliterated by irregular corky growths in the substance of the bark itself. Be ey, Botany, p. 448. 2. Tasting of cork; corked: usually said of wines: as, a corky flavor.