Cord
Cord (kôrd) , noun
[French corde, Latin chorda catgut, chord, cord, from Greek chordh`; compare chola`des intestines, Latin haruspex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icelandic gorn, pl. garnir gut, and English yarn. Compare 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.
3.
Figuratively: 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.
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Collocations (1)
Cord wood , wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).
Cord (kôrd) , transitive verb
1.
To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.
2.
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.