n. [ F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr. chordh`; cf. chola`des 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The knots that tangle human creeds,
The wounding cords that bind and strain
The heart until it bleeds. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mus.) See Chord. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure). [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian; probably extinct since the Mesozoic.
Syn. -- order Cordaitales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; they were structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers.
Syn. -- genus Cordaites. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as Cordelle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cor, cordis, heart. ] (Bot.) Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cordate form. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Bound or fastened with cords. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Piled in a form for measurement by the cord. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Made of cords. [ Obs. ] “A corded ladder.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Her.) Bound about, or wound, with cords. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. OF. cordel, F. cordeau, dim. fr. corde string, rope. See Cord. ] 1. (Eccl. Hist.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fr. Hist.) A member of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris. [ 1913 Webster ]