Corded Cord"ed (kôrd"ĕd)
adjective 1. Bound or fastened with cords. 2. Piled in a form for measurement by the cord. 3. Made of cords. [ Obsolete] "A
corded ladder."
Shak. 4. Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface. 5. (Her.) Bound about, or wound, with cords.
Cordelier Cor`de·lier" (kôr`de*lēr")
noun [ French, from Old French
cordel , French
cordeau , dim. from
corde string, rope. See
Cord .]
1. (Eccl. Hist.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans. 2. (Fr. Hist.) A member of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.
Cordeling Cor"del·ing (kôr"dĕ*ĭng)
adjective [ French
cordeler to twist, from Old French
cordel . See
Cordelier .]
Twisting.
Cordelle Cor·delle" (kôr*dĕl")
noun [ French, dim. of
corde cord.]
A twisted cord; a tassel. Halliwell.
Cordial Cor"dial (kôr"j
a l,
formally kôrd"y
a l; 106, 277)
adjective [ Late Latin
cordialis , from Latin
cor heart: confer French
cordial . See
Heart .]
1. Proceeding from the heart. [ Obsolete]
A rib with cordial spirits warm.
Milton.
2. Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate. He . . . with looks of cordial love
Hung over her enamored.
Milton.
3. Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits. Behold this cordial julep here
That flames and dances in his crystal bounds.
Milton.
Syn. -- Hearty; sincere; heartfelt; warm; affectionate; cheering; invigorating. See
Hearty .
Cordial Cor"dial noun 1. Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates. Charms to my sight, and cordials to my mind.
Dryden.
2. (Med) Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial . 3. (Com.) Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur.
Cordiality Cor·dial"i·ty (kôr*jăl"ĭ*tȳ or kôr`dĭ*ăl"-; 106)
noun ;
plural Cordialities (-tĭz). [ Late Latin
cordialitas , from
cordialis sincere: confer French
cordialité .]
1. Relation to the heart. [ Obsolete]
That the ancients had any respect of cordiality or reference unto the heart, will much be doubted.
Sir T. Browne.
2. Sincere affection and kindness; warmth of regard; heartiness. Motley.
Cordialize Cor"dial·ize (kôr"j
a l*īz or kôrd"y
a l*īz; 106)
transitive verb 1. To make into a cordial. 2. To render cordial; to reconcile.
Cordialize Cor"dial·ize intransitive verb To grow cordial; to feel or express cordiality. [ R.]
Cordially Cor"dial·ly adverb In a cordial manner. Dr. H. More.
Cordialness Cor"dial·ness noun Cordiality. Cotgrave.
Cordierite Cor"di·er·ite (kôr"dĭ*ẽr*īt)
noun [ Named after the geologist
Cordier .]
(Min.) See Iolite .
Cordiform Cor"di·form (kôr"dĭ*fôrm)
adjective [ Latin
cor ,
cordis , heart +
- form , confer French
cordiforme .]
Heart-shaped. Gray.
Cordillera Cor·dil"ler·a (kôr*dĭl"lẽr*ȧ; Spanish kôr`de*lya"rȧ)
noun [ Spanish , from OSp.
cordilla ,
cordiella , dim. of
cuerda a rope, string. See
Cord .]
(Geol.) A mountain ridge or chain. »
Cordillera is sometimes applied, in geology, to the system of mountain chains near the border of a continent; thus, the western
cordillera of North America in the United States includes the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Coast and Cascade ranges.
Cordiner Cor"di·ner (kôr"dĭ*nẽr)
noun A cordwainer. [ Obsolete]
Cordite Cord"ite noun [ From
Cord ,
noun ]
(Mil.) A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as cordite M. D.
Córdoba Cór"do·ba (kôr"do*vä)
noun [ Prob. from the Spanish explorer Francisco Hernández de Córdoba.]
The monetary unit of Nicaragua, equivalent to the United States gold dollar.
Cordon Cor"don (kôr"dŏn; F. kôr`dôN")
noun [ French, from
corde . See
Cord .]
1. A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Confer Grand cordon . 2. The cord worn by a Franciscan friar. Sir E. Sandys. 3. (Fort.) The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches. 4. (Mil.) A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing. 5. A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state. Cordonnet Cor`don`net" noun [ French, dim. of
cordon . See
Cardon .]
Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.
Cordovan Cor"do·van (kôr"do*v> acr/n)
noun [ Spanish
cordoban , from
Cordova , or
Cordoba , in Spain. Confer
Cordwain .]
Same as Cordwain . In England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.
Corduroy Cor"du·roy` (kôr"du*roi` or kôr`du*roi")
noun [ Prob. for French
corde du roi king's cord.]
1. A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges. 2. plural Trousers or breeches of corduroy. Corduroy road ,
a roadway formed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places; -- so called from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling corduroy. [ U.S.]
Corduroy Cor"du·roy` transitive verb To form of logs laid side by side. "Roads were
corduroyed ."
Gen. W. T. Sherman.
Cordwain Cord"wain noun [ Middle English
cordewan ,
cordian , Old French
cordoan ,
cordouan , from Spanish
cordoban . See
Cordovan .]
A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like. Buskins he wore of costliest cordwain .
Spenser.
Cordwainer Cord"wain·er noun [ Middle English
cordwaner ,
cordiner , from Old French
cordoanier ,
cordouanier , French
cordonnier .]
A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker. [ Archaic.]
Cordy Cord"y (kôr"dȳ)
adjective [
Compar. Cordier ;
superl. Cordiest .]
Of, or like, cord; having cords or cordlike parts.
Core Core (kōr)
noun [ French
corps . See
Corps .]
A body of individuals; an assemblage. [ Obsolete]
He was in a core of people.
Bacon.
Core Core noun [ Confer
Chore .]
(Mining.) A miner's underground working time or shift. Raymond. » The twenty-four hours are divided into three or four
cores .
Core Core noun [ Hebrew
kōr : confer Greek
ko`ros .]
A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer. Num. xi. 32 (Douay version).
Core Core noun [ Old French
cor ,
coer ,
cuer , F.
cœur , from Latin
cor heart. See
Heart .]
1. The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince. A fever at the core ,
Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore.
Byron.
2. The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square. [ Obsolete]
Sir W. Raleigh. 3. The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject. 4. (Founding) The portion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern. 5. A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver. [ Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell. 6. (Anat.) The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals. Core box (Founding) ,
a box or mold, usually divisible, in which cores are molded. --
Core print (Founding) ,
a projecting piece on a pattern which forms, in the mold, an impression for holding in place or steadying a core.
Core Core transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Cord (kōrd);
present participle & verbal noun Coring .]
1. To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple. He's like a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be cored out.
Marston.
2. To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.
Core Core noun (Electricity) A mass of iron, usually made of thin plates, upon which the conductor of an armature or of a transformer is wound.
Core loss Core loss (Electricity) Energy wasted by hysteresis or eddy currents in the core of an armature, transformer, etc.
Coreopsis Co`re·op"sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ............ bug + ......... appearance.]
(Botany) A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria , of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing.
Coreplasty Cor"e·plas`ty (kŏr"e*plăs`tȳ)
noun [ Greek
ko`rh pupil +
-plasty .]
(Medicine) A plastic operation on the pupil, as for forming an artificial pupil. --
Cor`e*plas"tic (- plăs"tĭk)
adjective
Corer Cor"er noun That which cores; an instrument for coring fruit; as, an apple corer .
Corf Corf (kôrf)
noun ;
plural Corves (kôrvz). [ Confer LG. & Dutch
korf basket, German
korb , from Latin
corbis .]
1. A basket. 2. (Mining) (a) A large basket used in carrying or hoisting coal or ore. (b) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.
Corfiote Cor"fi·ote noun A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Coriaceous Co`ri·a"ceous adjective [ Latin
coriaceous , from
corium leather. See
Cuirass .]
1. Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough. 2. (Botany) Stiff, like leather or parchment.
Coriander Co`ri·an"der noun [ Latin
coriandrum , from Greek ............, ............, perhaps from ......... bug, on account of the buglike or fetid smell of its leaves: confer French
coriandre .]
(Botany) An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum , the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative.
Coridine Co"ri·dine noun [ From Latin
cortium leather.]
A colorless or yellowish oil, C 10 H 15 N, of a leathery odor, occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also, one of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a type. [ Written also
corindine .]
Corindon Co·rin"don noun (Min.) See Corrundum .
Corinne Co`rinne" noun (Zoology) The common gazelle ( Gazella dorcas ). See Gazelle . [ Written also
korin .]
Corinth Cor"inth noun [ Latin
Corinthus , Greek ............. Confer
Currant .]
1. A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance. 2. A small fruit; a currant. [ Obsolete]
Broome.
Corinthiac Co·rin"thi·ac adjective [ Latin
Corinthiacus .]
Pertaining to Corinth.
Corinthian Co·rin"thi·an (-
a n)
adjective 1. Of or relating to Corinth. 2. (Architecture) Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans. This is the lightest and most ornamental of the three orders used by the Greeks.
Parker.
3. Debauched in character or practice; impure. Milton. 4. Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.)
Corinthian Co·rin"thi·an noun 1. A native or inhabitant of Corinth. 2. A gay, licentious person. [ Obsolete]
Corinthian Co·rin"thi·an noun A man of fashion given to pleasuring or sport; a fashionable man about town; esp., a man of means who drives his own horse, sails his own yacht, or the like.
Corium Co"ri·um noun [ Latin
corium leather.]
1. Armor made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans; used also by Enlish soldiers till the reign of Edward I. Fosbroke. 2. (Anat.) (a) Same as Dermis . (b) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium.
Corival Co·ri"val (ko*rī"v
a l)
noun A rival; a corrival.
Corival Co·ri"val transitive verb To rival; to pretend to equal. Shak.
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