Part 2423

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

<h1>Cordonnet</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor`don`net"</hw> <tt>(k?r`d?n`n?")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., dim. of <ets>cordon</ets>. See <er>Cardon</er>.]</ety> <def>Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc.</def>

<i>McElrath.</i>

<h1>Cordovan</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"do*van</hw> <tt>(k?r"d?-v?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>cordoban</ets>, fr. <ets>Cordova</ets>, or <ets>Cordoba</ets>, in Spain. Cf. <er>Cordwain</er>.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Cordwain</er>. in England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.</def>

<h1>Corduroy</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"du*roy`</hw> <tt>(k?r"d?-roi` &or; k?r"d?-roi")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. for F. <ets>corde du roi</ets> king's cord.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>Trousers or breeches of corduroy.</def>

<cs><col>Corduroy road</col>, <cd>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.</cd> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Corduroy</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cor"du*roy`</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To form of logs laid side by side. "Roads were <i>corduroyed</i>." Gemn. W.T. Sherman.</def>

<h1>Cordwain</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cord"wain</hw> <tt>(k?rd"w?n)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cordewan</ets>, <ets>cordian</ets>, OF. <ets>cordoan</ets>, <ets>cordouan</ets>, fr. Sp. <ets>cordoban</ets>. See <er>Cordovan</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Buskins he wore of costliest <b>cordwain</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cordwainer</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Cord"wain*er</hw> <tt>(-?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cordwaner</ets>, <ets>cordiner</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>cordoanier</ets>, <ets>cordouanier</ets>, F. <ets>cordonnier</ets>.]</ety> <def>A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker.</def> <mark>[Archaic.]</mark>

<h1>Core</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Core</hw> <tt>(k?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>corps</ets>. See <er>Corps</er>.]</ety> <def>A body of individuals; an assemblage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He was in a <b>core</b> of people. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Core</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Core</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Chore</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mining.)</fld> <def>A miner's underground working time or shift.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<note>&hand; The twenty-four hours are divided into three or four <i>cores</i>.</note>

<h1>Core</h1> <Xpage=323>

<hw>Core</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>k<?/r</ets>: cf. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/.]</ety> <def>A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer.</def>

<i>Num. xi. 32 (Douay version).</i>

<h1>Core</h1> <Xpage=323>