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