Cork

Webster's Dictionary

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

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

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

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

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

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

A fine city, capital of a county of the same name in Munster, Ireland, on the Lee, 11 m. from its mouth; with a magnificent harbour, an extensive foreign trade, and manufactures of various kinds.