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This heat must reach the center of the material, and in the case of most foods the evaporation of crystals near the surface forms a layer of corklike stuff that is an excellent insulator.
From Time Magazine Archive
He felt a shock as the mighty jaws closed upon the corklike fungus, then felt himself drawn upward as the crayfish released his hold and the shelf-fungus floated to the surface.
From The Mad Planet by Murray Leinster
Even before the leaf falls, a layer of corklike substance has formed over the scar.
From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study by Ontario. Ministry of Education
See: the king is down; The tallest chief is up, heels over head, Tossed corklike o'er my Cashel's sinewy back; And his lieutenant all deflated gasps For breath upon the sand.
From The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded by Bernard Shaw
Even Roy seemed to have lost his corklike buoyancy.
From Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
