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Meaning Of Cord
n.
A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted
together.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon
or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
n.
See Chord.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the
cord.