corkedadj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > with sole > with specific type of sole
corked1519
single-soled1541
well-soled1663
thick-soled1815
crêpe-soled1935
platform-soled1938
wedge-soled1939
creepers1961
Vibram-soled1963
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > [adjective] > with heel > with specific type of heel
corked1519
high-heeled1618
high heel1677
red-heeled1709
low-heel1712
stilt-heeled1772
court1903
wedge-heeled1939
Cuban-heeled1940
spike-heeled1953
stiletto-heeled1959
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria x. f. 113 She wereth corked slippers to make hir tal & feet.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xv. 27 Those high corked shoes or pantofles, which now they call in Spaine & Italy Shoppini.
1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 52 in Blacke Devill Cork'd at the heeles.
2. Stopped or confined with a cork; also figurative. (Also with up.)
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > closed or shut > closed (of a vessel) > with a cork
well-corked1664
corked1836
popcorked1919
1836–9 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (1877) 198 Giving full vent to a hitherto corked-up giggle.
3. Blackened with burnt cork.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > black or blackness > making or becoming black > [adjective] > blackened > with burnt cork
corked1836
burnt-corked1884
1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney II. iv. 205 With their..painted cheeks, corked whiskers, and chalked necks.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 201 Partially corked eyebrows.
4. Of wine: Tasting of the cork; spoiled by an unsound cork into the substance of which the wine penetrates.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [adjective] > having specific flavour > tasting of the cork or cask
enfumed1601
fusty1601
corkish1822
corked1830
corky1889
over-oaked1981
1830 F. Marryat King's Own II. xiv. 217 This wine is corked.
1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour v. xxv. 148 This [port] fortunately was less corked than the first.
Derivatives
corkedness n. state or quality of being corked (sense 4).Apparently an isolated use.
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1888 Standard 10 Sept. 5/2 [They] would scorn to offer a bottle with even a suspicion of corkedness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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