1. (n.) The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.

2. (n.) A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.

3. (n.) A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance.

4. (v. t.) To stop with a cork, as a bottle.

5. (v. t.) To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.

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