corked
adjective
stopped or closed with a cork.
well-corked
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a word derived from
corked.
Example Sentences
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An effective method is to put the ink at once into a well-corked, wide-mouthed bottle.
From Wood-Block Printing A Description of the Craft of Woodcutting and Colour Printing Based on the Japanese Practice by F. Morley (Frank Morley) Fletcher
This solution must be carefully filtered so as to get rid of any deposit which may form, and must be preserved in a well-corked bottle, when it will keep for a long time.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882 by Various
A well-corked bottle was also fastened to the line two hundred fathoms above the lead and went down four hundred and fifty fathoms.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by John Franklin
At the end of six weeks, the liquor is filtered and preserved in well-corked bottles, while the membrane is put into salt-water to form a new portion of rennet.
Mix the material by means of a drum sieve; preserve the same for sale in well-corked or stoppered bottles.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
