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Cork (kôrk), n. [Cf. G.,
Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp.
corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind.
Cf. Cortex.] 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.

&fist; Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk,
calker; calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe
of a horse or ox.

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.

Cork, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Corked (kôrkt); p. pr. & vb.
n. Corking.] 1. To stop
with a cork, as a bottle.

2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise
on cork.


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