n. [ F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr.
The knots that tangle human creeds,
The wounding cords that bind and strain
The heart until it bleeds. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cord wood,
v. t.
n. [ F. cordage. See Cord. ] Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. an order of extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian; probably extinct since the Mesozoic.
n. a genus of tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; they were structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers.
n. Same as Cordelle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. cor, cordis, heart. ] (Bot.) Heart-shaped;
adv. In a cordate form. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. [ F., fr. OF. cordel, F. cordeau, dim. fr. corde string, rope. See Cord. ]