Obs. [Var. of COLK, possibly influenced in spelling by association with CORE.]
1. The ‘colk’ or core of an apple, etc.
c. 1440. Anc. Cookery, in Househ. Ord. (1790), 448. Appuls and peres clene pared, and the corke tane out.
c. 1450. Two Cookery-bks., 106. Toke 30 coynes and x wardones, and pare hem, and drawe out the corkes at eyther end.
2. pl. ‘Cinders, Lancash.’ (Halliwell). Cf. COKE, CORE sb.1 2.
