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The word cortex, literally "bark", is used in Latin for cork and for objects made of cork. One attested use of cork was in supporting beginning swimmers, so that the phrase nare sine cortice, "to swim without cork", was used to mean "not to need assistance any longer". It is not clear whether the Romans ever used cork floats as navigation guides.

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