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jackets
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Cork jackets
(gcide) | Cork \Cork\ (k[^o]rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk;
all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf.
Cortex.]
1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree ({Quercus
Suber}), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made.
See Cutose.
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2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.
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3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in
greater or less abundance.
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Note: Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker;
calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or
ox.
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Cork jackets, a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed
within canvas, and used to aid in swimming.
Cork tree (Bot.), the species of oak (Quercus Suber of
Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of
commerce.
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yellow jackets
(gcide) | Wasp \Wasp\, n. [OE. waspe, AS. w[ae]ps, w[ae]fs; akin to D.
wesp, G. wespe, OHG. wafsa, wefsa, Lith. vapsa gadfly, Russ.
osa wasp, L. vespa, and perhaps to E. weave.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous
insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus
Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of
which are called yellow jackets.
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Note: The social wasps make a complex series of combs, of a
substance like stiff paper, often of large size, and
protect them by a paperlike covering. The larvae are
reared in the cells of the combs, and eat insects and
insect larvae brought to them by the adults, but the
latter feed mainly on the honey and pollen of flowers,
and on the sweet juices of fruit. See Illust. in
Appendix.
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Digger wasp, any one of numerous species of solitary wasps
that make their nests in burrows which they dig in the
ground, as the sand wasps. See Sand wasp, under Sand.
Mud wasp. See under Mud.
Potter wasp. See under Potter.
Wasp fly, a species of fly resembling a wasp, but without a
sting.
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