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<hw>Cor"cho*rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Nl., fr. L. <ets>corchorus</ets> a poor kind of pulse, Gr. <grk>ko`rchoros</grk> a wild plant of bitter taste.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The common name of the <spn>kerria Japonica</spn> or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.</def>

<h1>Corcle, Corcule</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw><hw>Cor"cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cor"cule</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>corculum</ets> a little heart, dim. of <ets>cor</ets> heart.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Cord</h1> <Xpage=319>

<hw>Cord</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>corde</ets>, L. <ets>chorda</ets> catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr. <?/; cf. <?/ intestines, L. <ets>harus</ets>pex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel. <ets>g\'94rn</ets>, pl. <ets>garnir</ets> gut, and E. <ets>yarn</ets>. Cf. <er>Chord</er>, <er>Yarn</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

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<p><b>3.</b> <def>Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; <as>as, the <ex>cords</ex> of the wicked; the <ex>cords</ex> of sin; the <ex>cords</ex> of vanity.</as></def>

<blockquote>The knots that tangle human creeds, The wounding <b>cords</b> that bind and strain The heart until it bleeds. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under <er>Spermatic</er>, <er>Spinal</er>, <er>Umbilical</er>, <er>Vocal</er>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>See <er>Chord</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<cs><col>Cord wood</col>, <cd>wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).</cd></cs>

<h1>Cord</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cord</hw> <tt>(k?rd)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Corded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cording</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.</def>

<h1>Cordage</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cord"age</hw> <tt>(k?rd"?j)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cordage</ets>. See <er>Cord</er>.]</ety> <def>Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.</def>

<h1>Cordal</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cord"al</hw> <tt>(k?rd"<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Cordelle</er>.</def>

<h1>Cordate</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cordate</hw> <tt>(k?r"d?t)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cor</ets>, <ets>cordis</ets>, heart.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Heart-shaped; <as>as, a <ex>cordate</ex> leaf</as>.</def>

<h1>Cordately</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"date*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a cordate form.</def>

<h1>Corded</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cord"ed</hw> <tt>(k?rd"?d)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Bound or fastened with cords.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Made of cords.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A <i>corded</i> ladder."

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