corking

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

corking
    adj 1: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car";
           "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply
           smashing" [syn: {bang-up}, {bully}, {corking},
           {cracking}, {dandy}, {great}, {groovy}, {keen}, {neat},
           {nifty}, {not bad(p)}, {peachy}, {slap-up}, {swell},
           {smashing}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cork \Cork\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corked} (k[^o]rkt); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Corking}.]
   1. To stop with a cork, as a bottle.
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   2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.
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            Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. --Bp.
                                                  Hall.
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   Note: To cork is sometimes used erroneously for to calk, to
         furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points,
         and also in the meaning of cutting with a calk.
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