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   Cord , 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.]
   A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
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   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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   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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   (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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   (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 , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corded; p. pr. & vb. n. Cording.]
   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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   To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
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   Core, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cord ; p. pr. & vb. n. Coring.]
   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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   To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
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   To extract a cylindrical sample from, with a boring device.  See core{8}.
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