What is the difference between angling and cork?
angling | cork |
(fishing)
A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.
* Thomas Barker
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(uncountable) The bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.
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A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.
An angling float, also traditionally made of oak cork.
The cork oak, Quercus suber .
(botany) The tissue that grows from the cork cambium.
To seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.
* 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
To blacken (as) with a burnt cork
To leave the cork in a bottle after attempting to uncork it.
To fill with cork, as the center of a baseball bat.
(Australia) To injure through a blow; to induce a haematoma.
* 2006 , Joseph N. Santamaria, The Education of Dr Joe ,
* 2007 , Shaun A. Saunders, Navigating in the New World ,
* 2008 , Christopher J. Holcroft, Canyon ,
* 2010 , Andrew Stojanovski, Dog Ear Cafe , large print 16pt,
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(snowboarding) a snowboarding aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.
(snowboarding) having the property of a head over heels rotation
As verbs the difference between angling and cork
is that angling is (fishing) (angle) while cork is to seal or stop up, especially with a cork stopper.As nouns the difference between angling and cork
is that angling is a form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport while cork is (uncountable) the bark of the cork oak, which is very light and porous and used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.angling
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Verb
(head)Noun
(wikipedia angling)- It is a speciall point to have the sun and moon before you, for the very motion of the rod drives all pleasure from you, either by day or by night; in all your anglings , both with worms and flyes, there must be a great care of that.
Synonyms
* the gentle craftcork
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) http://photo.pds.org:5004/view/Entry/41541Noun
- Snobs feel it's hard to call it wine with a straight face when the cork is made of plastic.
Verb
(en verb)- Arms draped on shoulders, kick-stepping in circles, they swing bottles of wine. Purpled thumbs cork the bottles. The wine leaps and jumps behind green glass.
- ''He corked his bat, which was discovered when it broke, causing a controversy.
- ''The vicious tackle corked his leg.
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- Injuries, which seemed to be of an inconsequential nature, were often sustained, such as a sprained ankle, a dislocated phalanx, a twisted foot, a corked leg and so on.
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- As he moved away again, William winced at an ache in his thigh.
- ‘Must have corked my leg when I got up,’ he thought.
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- “I?m okay. I must have corked my thigh when Bruce fell onto me. I?ll be fine.”
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- Much to my relief he had only corked his leg when he had jumped.
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- I corked my thigh late in the game, which we won, and came off.
Derived terms
* corkboard * corker * corking * cork oak * cork off * corkscrew * corkwood * corky * uncorkEtymology 2
From the traversal path resembling that of a corkscrew. BBC Sport,"Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe", 11 February 2014
