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cork jacket
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cork jacket
(gcide) | Jacket \Jack"et\, n. [F. jaquette, dim. of jaque. See 3d Jack,
n.]
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1. A short upper garment, extending downward to the hips; a
short coat without skirts.
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2. An outer covering for anything, esp. a covering of some
nonconducting material such as wood or felt, used to
prevent radiation of heat, as from a steam boiler,
cylinder, pipe, etc.
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3. (Mil.) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and
re["e]nforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
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4. A garment resembling a waistcoat lined with cork, to serve
as a life preserver; -- called also cork jacket.
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Blue jacket. (Naut.) See under Blue.
Steam jacket, a space filled with steam between an inner
and an outer cylinder, or between a casing and a
receptacle, as a kettle.
To dust one's jacket, to give one a beating. [Colloq.]
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cork jacket
(wn) | cork jacket
n 1: life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant
or inflatable design [syn: life jacket, life vest,
cork jacket] |
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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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