cork

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Corked 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 ]

☞ 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 ]

n. The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Min.) A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being corky. [ 1913 Webster ]

A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd. [ Colloq. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. shaped like a corkscrew; spiral; helical. [ PJC ]

corkscrew stairs, a spiral staircase around a solid newel. [ 1913 Webster ]