Part 2422

<h1>Cordialize</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"dial*ize</hw> <tt>(k?r"j<it>a</it>l-?z &or; k?rd"y<it>a</it>l-?z; 106)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make into a cordial.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To render cordial; to reconcile.</def>

<h1>Cordialize</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"dial*ize</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grow cordial; to feel or express cordiality.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Cordially</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"dial*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a cordial manner.</def>

<i> Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Cordialness</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"dial*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Cordiality.</def>

<i>Cotgrave.</i>

<h1>Cordierite</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"di*er*ite</hw> <tt>(k<?/r"d<?/-<?/r-<?/t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after the geologist <ets>Cordier</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>See <er>Iolite</er>.</def>

<h1>Cordoform</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"do*form</hw> <tt>(k?r"d?-f?rm)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cor</ets>, <ets>cordis</ets>, heart + <ets>-form</ets>, cf. F. <ets>cordiforme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Heart-shaped.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Cordillera</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor*dil"ler*a</hw> <tt>(k?r-d?l"l?r-?; Sp. k?r`d?-ly?"r?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., fr. OSp. <ets>cordilla</ets>, <ets>cordiella</ets>, dim. of <ets>cuerda</ets> a rope, string. See <er>Cord</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A mountain ridge or chain.</def>

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

<h1>Cordiner</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"di*ner</hw> <tt>(k?r"d?-n?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cordwainer.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Cordon</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"don</hw> <tt>(k?r"d?n; F. k?r"<er>d?n</er>")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>corde</ets>. See <er>Cord</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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. <er>Grand cordon</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The cord worn by a Franciscan friar.</def>

<i>Sir E. Sandys.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state.</def>