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A rockling. -- Rock cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus the fibers of which are loosely interlaced. It resembles cork in its texture. -- Rock crab (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large crabs of the genus Cancer, as the two species of the New England coast (C. irroratus and C. borealis). See Illust. under Cancer…

A thin, flat cork used for stopping a wide-mouthed bottle; also, a thin wooden bung for casks.

A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.

n (Bot.) See the Note under Bean. -- Spanish black, a black pigment obtained by charring cork. Ure. -- Spanish broom (Bot.), a leguminous shrub (Spartium junceum) having many green flexible rushlike twigs. -- Spanish brown, a species of earth used in painting, having a dark reddish brown color, due to the presence o…

That which stops or closes the mouth of a vessel; a stopper; as, a glass stopple; a cork stopple.

Of or pertaining to cork; of the nature of cork; suberose.

Of or pertaining to cork; specifically, designating an acid, C

A material found in the cell walls of cork. It is a modification of lignin.

Conversion of the cell walls into cork tissue by development of suberin; -- commonly taking place in exposed tissues, as when a callus forms over a wound. Suberized cell walls are impervious to water.

Having a corky texture.

ing their rapid growth. Cotton velvet, an imitation of velvet, made of cotton. -- Velvet cork, the best kind of cork bark, supple, elastic, and not woody or porous. -- Velvet crab a European crab (Portunus puber). When adult the black carapace is covered with a velvety pile. Called also lady crab, and velvet fiddler.…

raccoon. -- Washing bottle (Chem.), a bottle fitted with glass tubes passing through the cork, so that on blowing into one of the tubes a stream of water issuing from the other may be directed upon anything to be washed or rinsed, as a precipitate upon a filter, etc. -- Washing fluid, a liquid used as a cleanser, and…

To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors.

A spiral instrument or screw, often like a double corkscrew, used for drawing balls from firearms.