Hypertext Webster Gateway: "corking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.
Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. --Bp.
Hall.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
corking
adj : (informal) very good; "a bully pulpit"; "a neat sports car";
"had a great time at the party"; "you look simply
smashing" [syn: {bang-up}, {bully}, {cracking}, {dandy},
{great}, {groovy}, {keen}, {neat}, {nifty}, {not
bad(p)}, {peachy}, {slap-up}, {swell}, {smashing}]
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