Part 1892

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

<hw>Chord</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>To accord; to harmonize together; <as>as, this note <ex>chords</ex> with that</as>.</def>

<h1>Chorda</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chor"da</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>chorda</ets>. See <er>Chord</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A cord.</def>

<cs><col>Chorda dorsalis</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[NL., lit., cord of the back.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Notochord</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chordal</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chor"dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a chord.</def>

<h1>Chordata</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chor*da"ta</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>chorda</ets> cord.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.</def>

<h1>Chordee</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chor*dee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cord\'82</ets>, <ets>cord\'82e</ets>, p. p. of <ets>corder</ets> to cord.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.</def>

<h1>Chore</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[The same word as <ets>char</ets> work done by the day.]</ety> <def>A small job; in the <pluf>pl.</pluf>, the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Chore</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chore</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chored</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Choring</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To do chores.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Chore</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Chore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A choir or chorus.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Chorea</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho*re"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ dance.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.</def>

<h1>Choree</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho*ree"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>chor\'82e</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Choreus</er>.</def>

<h1>Choregraphic, Choregraphical</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw><hw>Cho`re*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cho`re*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to choregraphy.</def>

<h1>Choregraphy</h1> <Xpage=252>

<hw>Cho*reg"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[GR. <?/ d<?/nce + <ets>-graphy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is represented by notes.</def>

<i>Craig.</i>

<h1>Choreic</h1> <Xpage=252>