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Meanings of corked in English

(Of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin.

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Examples for "corky"
1
The kernels come out with little or no corky substance on the kernel.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at th...
2
The nature of the bark is known by its splintery, fibrous, or corky texture.
On the Banks of the Amazon
3
Disease symptoms: Common scab symptoms appear as randomly distributed shallow, raised or deep-pitted corky lesions.
Pubmed
4
She accepts the corky substance, so different from the silk purse, without the least demur.
The Life of the Spider
5
The folded spathe is of leather-like substance, rough, almost corky in texture; also variously marked and tinted.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers / Describing the Most...
Usage of corked in English
1
They put the paper in the bottle and corked the bottle tightly.
Five Little Friends
2
Then strain it through muslin, and keep it tightly-corked in a phial.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
3
She corked the oil bottle and set it down with a clunk.
Tomato rhapsody: a fable of love, lust and forbidden fruit
4
If corked tightly, this will keep two weeks in a cold place.
Miss Parloa's New Cook Book
5
Strain through a piece of muslin into bottles and keep well corked.
The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy
6
To William no kind of theatricals was complete without a corked moustache.
More William
7
Both ends of the tube, which should be cold, are corked tightly.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
8
Mrs. Reilly corked her bottle and put it in the cold oven.
A Confederacy of Dunces
9
From this he drew a tightly corked bottle, filled with gelatine capsules.
Kazan
10
Pfeiffer corked the bottle carefully and put it in his overcoat pocket.
The Young Lions
11
Lazarus raised the bottle again, took one more sip, then corked it.
Savage
12
That 'Jew' will no more sink than a well-corked bottle will sink.
The Lake Gun
13
He corked the vial, replaced it in his pocket and opened a window.
Monte-Cristo's Daughter
14
Clarets, Burgundies & Rhine wines came under condemnation because too corked for use.
The new yorker
15
She took a longer drink, corked the flask again and handed it back.
Mister Slaughter
16
The flow of table-talk is corked by the anxious conception of post-prandial oratory.
Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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