n. [ L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr.
Accidental, Common, and Vocal
chords
Chord of an arch.
Chord of curvature,
Scale of chords.
v. t.
When Jubal struck the chorded shell. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. Beecher. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. (Mus.) To accord; to harmonize together;
‖n. [ NL., fr. L. chorda. See Chord. ] (Anat.) A cord. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖Chorda dorsalis [ NL., lit., cord of the back. ] (Anat.)
a. Of or pertaining to a chord. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. chorda cord. ] (Zool.) A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. cordé, cordée, p. p. of corder to cord. ] (Med.) A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Music) a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. a genus containing two species of small New Zealand trees: weeping tree broom; endangered.