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Cord (kôrd), n. [F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr. χορδή; cf. χολάδες intestines, L. haruspex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel. görn, pl. garnir gut, and E. yarn. Cf. Chord, Yarn.]
1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
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2. A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.
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3. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, “the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity”.
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The knots that tangle human creeds,
The wounding cords that bind and strain
The heart until it bleeds. Tennyson.
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4. (Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
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5. (Mus.) See Chord. [Obs.]
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Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).
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Cord (kôrd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corded; p. pr. & vb. n. Cording.]
1. To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
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2. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
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Core, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cord (k?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Coring.]
1. To take out the core or inward parts of; as, “to core an apple”.
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He's like a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be cored out. Marston.
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2. To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
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3. To extract a cylindrical sample from, with a boring device. See core{8.
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