ppl. a. [UN-1 8 and UN-2 8.] Not fitted or stopped with a cork; also, having the cork removed.

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1791.  O’Keeffe, Wild Oats, I. i. You found the tenth bottle uncorked.

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1835.  Wilson’s Tales Borders, I. 305/1. Dead as uncorked small beer that has stood an hour in the sun.

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1854.  P. B. St. John, Amy Moss, 206. The whiskey bottle stood before him uncorked.

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1878.  Abney, Photogr., 148. The water … should stand in an uncorked bottle for twenty-four hours.

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