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2. To render cordial; to reconcile.

Cor"dial*ize, v. i. To grow cordial; to feel or express cordiality. [R.]

Cor"dial*ly, adv. In a cordial manner. Dr. H. More.

Cor"dial*ness, n. Cordiality. Cotgrave.

Cor"di*er*ite (k˘r"d&ibreve;*&etilde;r*īt), n. [Named after the geologist Cordier.] (Min.) See Iolite.

Cor"di*form (k˘r"d&ibreve;*f˘rm), a. [L. cor, cordis, heart + - form, cf. F. cordiforme.] Heart-shaped. Gray.

Cor*dil"ler*a (k˘r*d&ibreve;l"l&etilde;r*&adot;; Sp. k˘r`d&esl;*ly&asl;"r&adot;), n. [Sp., fr. OSp. cordilla, cordiella, dim. of cuerda a rope, string. See Cord.] (Geol.) A mountain ridge or chain.

&fist; Cordillera is sometimes applied, in geology, to the system of mountain chains near the border of a continent; thus, the western cordillera of North America in the United States includes the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Coast and Cascade ranges.

Cor"di*ner (k˘r"d&ibreve;*n&etilde;r), n. A cordwainer. [Obs.]

Cor"don (k˘r"d&obreve;n; F. k˘r`d˘N"), n. [F., fr. corde. See Cord.] 1. A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon.

2. The cord worn by a Franciscan friar. Sir E. Sandys.

3. (Fort.) The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches.

4. (Mil.) A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.

5. A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state.

||Cordon bleu (k&?;r`d&?;n" bl&?;") [F., blue cordon], a first-rate cook, or one worthy to be the cook of the cordons bleus, or Knights of the Holy Ghost, famous for their good dinners. -- ||Cordon sanitaire (k&?;r`d&?;n" s&?;`n&?;`t&?;r") [F., sanitary cordon], a line of troops or military posts around a district infected with disease, to cut off communication, and thus prevent the disease from spreading.

||Cor`don`net" (k?r`d?n`n?"), n. [F., dim. of cordon. See Cardon.] Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.

Cor"do*van (k˘r"d&osl;*v>acr/n), n. [Sp. cordoban, fr. Cordova, or Cordoba, in Spain. Cf. Cordwain.] Same as Cordwain. In England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.

Cor"du*roy` (k˘r"d&usl;*roi` or k˘r`d&usl;*roi"), n. [Prob. for F. corde du roi king's cord.] 1. A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.

2. pl. Trousers or breeches of corduroy.

Corduroy road, a roadway formed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places; -- so called from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling corduroy. [U.S.]

Cor"du*roy`, v. t. To form of logs laid side by side. "Roads were corduroyed." Gen. W. T. Sherman.

Cord"wain (k?rd"w?n), n. [OE. cordewan, cordian, OF. cordoan, cordouan, fr. Sp. cordoban. See Cordovan.] A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like.

Buskins he wore of costliest cordwain. Spenser.

Cord"wain*er (-?r), n. [OE. cordwaner, cordiner, fr. OF. cordoanier, cordouanier, F. cordonnier.] A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker. [Archaic.]

Core (kōr), n. [F. corps. See Corps.] A body of individuals; an assemblage. [Obs.]

He was in a core of people. Bacon.

Core, n. [Cf. Chore.] (Mining.) A miner's underground working time or shift. Raymond.

&fist; The twenty-four hours are divided into three or four cores.