adj. Of wine, contaminated by a faulty or tainted cork.
adj. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry; shrivelled.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry shriveled up.
adj. Tasting of cork.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of the nature of cork; resembling cork; hence, shriveled; withered.
Tasting of cork; corked: usually said of wines: as, a corky flavor.
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adj. (of wine) tainted in flavor by a cork containing excess tannin
Word Usage
"-- Why no, I should say they danced as if they liked it and couldn't help dancing; they looked as if they felt so "corky" it was hard to keep them down."