02319 Cord (?), n. [F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr. ; cf. intestines, L. haruspex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel. g\'94rn, pl. garnir gut, and E. yarn. Cf. Chord, Yarn.] 1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.2. 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.
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Page 3233. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.The knots that tangle human creeds,
The wounding cords that bind and strain
The heart until it bleeds.
Tennyson.4. (Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.5. (Mus.) See Chord. mark [Obs.]Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).
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Page 3233. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.The knots that tangle human creeds,
The wounding cords that bind and strain
The heart until it bleeds.
Tennyson.4. (Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.5. (Mus.) See Chord. mark [Obs.]Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).
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