cork

The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.

The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.

I confess my confidence was shaken by these actions, though I knew well enough that his leg was no more cork than my own

Because cork is porous, it expands and contracts with changes in humidity.

A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.

Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.

An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.

The cork oak, Quercus suber.

To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.

2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass.

To blacken (as) with a burnt cork.

To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.

To fill with cork.

To fill with cork.

He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.

Apparently I used to have some good power even though I was little, but the team we were playing against thought I had corked the bat. I kid you not! They paid $200 to have the bat popped off to prove they were right.

An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.