cordeleris, knottis

pl. An ornament in embroidery anciently worn by ladies in Scotland. a breid of claith of gold and ane uther of silvir, and upoun the silver cordeleris knottis of gold."Inventories, A. 1561, p. 133. cor-děl-iër, s . [Fr. cordelier , from cordelière = the cord which he wore; from O. Fr. cordel , Fr. cordeau =a cord, a girdle.] 1. Ch. Hist. & Ecclesiol . (pl.): A fraternity of monks belonging to the order of St. Francis. They arose in the 13th century. They wore a brown or black habit with a mantle and hood of the same color, and around their waist a cord of three knots. [Etym.] They are called also Friars Minor, and were the strictest branch of the Francis cans. They are mentioned in the Romaunt of the Rose . [FRANCIS CANS.] "And who to a ist but a grave cordelier ." Prior: The Thief and Cordelier. 2. Civil Hist . ( pl .): A political club which during the first French revolution met in a chapel which had been built by the Cordeliers [1]. It was formed in December, 1790, Danton being its first president. It took part in executing all the violent measures to which the extreme revolutionists had recourse, and in some cases was the first public body to demand them. It was di olved in 1794, and several of its members executed. 3. Rope - making : A machine for rope-making invented by Mr. Cartwright. (Ro iter.) IMG:content-0939.png:[blocks in formation] *corde'-ment, s. [Mid. Eng. corde (2), v.; -ment.] Agreement, concord, harmony. "A cordement: concord i a, concord an cia." Anglicum. Cathol. cord-er, s . [Eng. cord; -er.] Sewing - machine : A device for laying cords between fabrics, or cords or braids on the surface of a fabric. *corde-van, *corde'-wane, *corde-wayne, *cor-do-wan, s. & a. [CORDWAIN.] A. As subst.: Spanish leather from Cordova. "His schoon of cordewane." Chaucer: The Tale of Sir Thopas , 15,143. B. As adj .: Made of Spanish leather. cor-di-a, s. [Named by Plumier after E. Cordus, a German botanist of the sixteenth century.) Bot.: A genus of plants, the typical one of the order Cordiaceae (q. v.). The corolla, which is fun nel-shaped or campanulate, has a flat 5-7 cleft limb; the stamens are 5; the style bifid, with 4 stigmas; the ovary 3-4 celled; drupe 1 or 3 celled, only 1 perfect; seed 1. The fruit is succulent, mucilaginous, and emollient. That of Cordia Myza and C. latifolia is eaten by the natives of India, as are the drupes of C. aby inica by the Aby in i ans, who call it wanzey or vanzey. The wood of C. Myra is said to have furnished the wood from which the Egyptians made their mummy cases. The bark is a mild tonic. C. Rumphii has a brown black-veined wood smelling of musk, and C. Ger as acanthus , the "Spanish elm" of the West Indies, has also a wood of economic value. About 200 species of cordia are known. [CORDIACEE.]