Part 1891

<hw>Chop"strick"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.</def>

<h1>Choragic</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho*rag"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a choragus.</def>

<cs><col>Choragic monument</col>, <cd>a building or column built by a victorious choragus for the reception and exhibition of the tripod which he received as a prize. Those of Lysicrates and Thrasyllus are still to be seen at Athens.</cd></cs>

<h1>Choragus</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho*ra"gus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Choragi</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/; <?/ chorus + <?/ to lead.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Antiq.)</fld> <def>A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contents at Athens.</def>

<h1>Choral</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho"ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>choralis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>chorus</ets>. See <er>Chorus</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony.</def>

<cs><col>Choral service</col>, <cd>a service of song.</cd></cs>

<h1>Choral</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho"ral</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A hymn tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; <as>as, the Lutheran <ex>chorals</ex></as>.</def> <altsp>[Sometimes written <asp>chorale</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Choralist</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho"ral*ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A singer or composer of chorals.</def>

<h1>Chorally</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho"ral*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.</def>

<h1>Chord</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chord</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L <ets>chorda</ets> a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. <?/. In the sense of a string or small rope, in general, it is written <ets>cord</ets>. See <er>Cord</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The string of a musical instrument.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, <as>as, the common <ex>chord</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A cord. See <er>Cord</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 4.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <def>The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.</def>

<i>Waddell.</i>

<cs><mcol><col>Accidental</col>, <col>Common</col>, <i>and</i> <col>Vocal chords</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Accidental</er>, <er>Common</er>, and <er>Vocal</er>.</cd> -- <col>Chord of an arch</col>. <cd>See <i>Illust<i>. of <er>Arch</er>.</cd> -- <col>Chord of curvature</col>, <cd>a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point.</cd> -- <col>Scale of chords</col>. <cd>See <er>Scale</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chord</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chord</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chorded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Chording</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.</def>

<blockquote>When Jubal struck the <b>chorded</b> shell. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Even the solitary old pine tree <b>chords</b> his harp. <i>Beecher.</i></blockquote>