[Scot.]
Corbiestep
(Cor"bie*step`) n. (Arch.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place
of a continuous slope; — also called crowstep.
Corchorus
(Cor"cho*rus) n. [Nl., fr. L. corchorus a poor kind of pulse, Gr. ko`rchoros a wild plant of
bitter taste.] (Bot.) The common name of the Kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered,
perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.
Corcle
(Cor"cle Cor"cule) (- kul), n. [L. corculum a little heart, dim. of cor heart.] (Bot.) The heart of
the seed; the embryo or germ. [Obs.]
Cord
(Cord) n. [F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr. chordh`; cf. chola`des intestines, L.
haruspex soothsayer Icel. görn, pl. garnir gut, and E. yarn. Cf. Chord, Yarn.]
1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
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.
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.
The knots that tangle human creeds,
The wounding cords that bind and strain
The heart until it bleeds.
Tennyson.
4. (Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic,
Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
5. (Mus.) See Chord. [Obs.]
Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet
Cord
(Cord) 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.
2. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
Cordage
(Cord"age) n. [F. cordage. See Cord.] Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of
rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.
Cordal
(Cord"al) n. Same as Cordelle.
Cordate
(Cordate) a. [L. cor, cordis, heart.] (Bot.) Heart- shaped; as, a cordate leaf.
Cordately
(Cor"date*ly), adv. In a cordate form.
Corded
(Cord"ed) a.
1. Bound or fastened with cords.
2. Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.
3. Made of cords. [Obs.] "A corded ladder." Shak.
4. Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface.
