Corked
[kɔːkt] or [kɔrkt]
Definition
(adj.) (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin; 'a corked port' .
Typed by Jack--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Cork
(a.) having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked.
Typist: Rosa
Examples
- After filtering it is again boiled, and if any scum or impurities appear on the surface they are removed, when the juice is to be bottled, corked tightly, and should be left for one year. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Mr. Pickwick paused, bottled up his vengeance, and corked it down. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At No. 4 liquid air imprisoned in a tube and tightly corked up, blows the stopper out in a few minutes with explosive effect. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Keep the glue in a vial closely corked, and when it is to be used set the vial in boiling water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The juices are put in bottles and are immediately corked and wired securely, and then submerged in a water bath to a depth of about 1 inch above the bottles. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- So nothing came of these trials, and Jo corked up her inkstand, and said in a fit of very wholesome humility. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The boiled water should be kept in clean, corked bottles; otherwise foreign substances from the atmosphere re?nter the water, and the advantage gained from boiling is lost. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- However, I got around the difficulty by putting a little bottle of chloroform in each box, corked up, with a slight hole in the cork. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Nitrogen does not support combustion, and a burning match placed in a corked bottle goes out as soon as it has used up the oxygen in the bottle. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- And corked herself as before. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Typist: Rosa