CORCHORUS, kor'ko-rus, _n._ a genus of tropical plants cultivated for their
fibre, which is the jute of commerce. [Gr.]
CORCLE, kork'l, _n._ the embryo in the seed of a plant.--Also COR'CULE. [L.
_corculum_, dim. of _cor_, heart.]
CORD, kord, _n._ a small rope or thick kind of string: something resembling
a cord, as 'spinal cord,' 'umbilical cord,' &c.: (_fig._) anything that
binds or restrains: a measure of firewood, originally determined by the use
of a cord or string.--_v.t._ to supply with a cord: to bind with a
cord.--_n._ CORD'AGE, a quantity of cords or ropes, as the rigging of a
ship, &c.--_adj._ CORD'ED, fastened with cords: furrowed, as with cords:
(_her._) wound about with cords: piled in 'cords.'--_ns._ CORD'-GRASS, a
genus of grasses of which one species found in muddy salt-marshes is used
for making ropes; CORD'ING, the act of binding: cordage; CORD'ITE, an
approved smokeless gunpowder, so called from its cord-like appearance;
CORD'-WOOD, wood put up in 'cords.' [Fr. _corde_--L. _chorda_. See CHORD.]
CORDELIER, kor-de-l[=e]r', _n._ a Franciscan friar, so named from the
knotted cord worn by him as a girdle: (_pl._) name of a club in the French
Revolution, from its meeting-place being an old convent of the Cordeliers.
[O. Fr. _cordel_, dim. of _corde_, a rope.]
CORDIAL, kor'di-al, _adj._ hearty: with warmth of heart: sincere:
affectionate: reviving the heart or spirits.--_n._ anything which revives
or comforts the heart: a medicine or drink for refreshing the
spirits.--_adjs._ COR'DATE (_bot._), heart-shaped;
COR'DIAL-HEART'ED.--_v.i._ COR'DIALISE, to become cordial, to
fraternise.--_ns._ CORDIAL'ITY, COR'DIALNESS.--_adv._ COR'DIALLY.--_adj._
COR'DIFORM, in the form of a heart. [Fr.,--L. _cor_, _cordis_, the heart.]
CORDILLERA, kor-dil-y[=a]'ra, _n._ a name applied in America to a chain of
mountains, as the Andes and Rocky Mountains. [Sp.,--Old Sp. _cordilla_--L.
_chorda_, cord.]
CORDINER, kor'di-n[.e]r, _n._ Same as CORDWAINER.
CORDON, kor'don, _n._ a cord or ribbon bestowed as a badge of honour:
(_fort._) a row of stones along the line of a rampart: in military
operations, a line of sentries within sight of each other, guarding a place
to prevent the passage of unauthorised persons.--CORDON BLEU, originally
the blue ribbon which in France supported the insignia of the order of the
Holy Ghost--transferred to other first-class distinctions, and playfully to
a first-class cook; CORDON SANITAIRE, a line of sentries to guard a place
infected with contagious disease. [Fr.]
CORDOVAN, kor'do-van, CORDWAIN, kord'w[=a]n, _n._ goatskin leather,
originally from _Cordova_ in Spain.--_ns._ CORD'WAINER, a worker in
cordovan or cordwain: a shoemaker; CORD'WAINERY.
CORDUROY, kor'du-roi, _n._ a ribbed kind of fustian, a cotton stuff made
after the fashion of velvet: (_pl._) trousers made of corduroy.--_adj._
made of corduroy. [Perh. Fr. _corde du roi_, king's cord.]
CORE, k[=o]r, _n._ the heart: the inner part of anything, esp. of
fruit.--_v.t._ to take out the core of fruit.--_adjs._ CORED, having the
core removed; CORE'LESS, without core: pithless: hollow.--_n._ COR'ER, an
instrument for removing the core. [Ety. dub.; perh. conn. with L. _cor_,
the heart.]