well-corked
- a word derived from corked.
Example Sentences
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When prepared for use, the can enclosed a wide-mouthed, well-corked jar of thick glass packed around with some wet clay and containing sixteen ounces of X2 green powder.
From The Secret Agent a Simple Tale by Conrad, Joseph
Mix them together, and keep them in a well-corked phial.
From Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. by Baru?, Sulpice
The varnish so prepared must be kept for use in a well-corked glass vessel.
From Handbook on Japanning: 2nd Edition For Ironware, Tinware, Wood, Etc. With Sections on Tinplating and Galvanizing by Brown, William N.
It should be kept in a well-corked bottle.
From Lessons on Soil by Russell, E. J.
A Fife friend tells me he now and again gets a large medicine bottle of—well, what would it be for a Scotchman? well-corked and marked "Developing Solution."
From A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition by Ross, P. T.