corduroy road

A road very common in this country in the pioneer days, formed of poles laid transversely and in contact. It is used as a mud bridge in swampy places. cord-wain, *corde-wan, *corde-wane, *cordvane, *cor-do-van, *cord-wane, *cor-den, s [0. cordouan ; Sp. cordoban ; Port. cordovão , from cord-ing (1), pr . par ., a. & 8. [CORD (1), v.] verb.) A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the Cordova or Cordoba , a town in Spain, where it is C. As substantive: "That our most bitter foes (so much depends On men of name) are turned to cordial friends." Church ill: The Candidate. B. As substantive: I. Ord. Lang.: Anything which tends to cheer or comfort the spirits. "O cordial delicious! O soother of pain!" II. Technically : Long fellow: The Golden Legend, iv. 1. Comm.: An aromatized and sweetened spirit, employed as a beverage. 2. Medicine: (1) A medicine which increases the force of the heart, or strengthens the circulation. (2) A medicine given to restore or increase the strength, to revive the spirits, and generally to cheer and comfort a person in a state of depre ion. "Many Restoratives, of vertues rare, And costly Cordial les she did apply." Spenser: F. Q., III. v. 50. IMG:content-0941.png:[blocks in formation] II. Technically : 1. Timber -trade: The piling up wood for sale by the cord. 2. Dre : Cord covered with thread or silk, and used for braiding. 3. Weaving : The cording of a loom is the arrangement of the heddles so that they move in such clusters and times as may be required for the production of the pattern. [DRAFT.] A set of heddles connected with a given shaft is called a leaf. Each shaft is connected by a cord to the treadle whereby it is moved. (Knight.) *cord-ing (2), *cord-ynge, pr . par ., a. & s. [CORD (2), v.] verb. A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the C. As subst.: Agreement, concord, harmony. "Cordynge in sang: concentus." - Cathol. Anglicum. cord-leafs, s. pl . [Eng. cord (1); leafs .] called by Lindley Restiads. Bot .: A name sometimes given to the Restiacese, chorda=a cord (q. v.).] cor-don, s. [Fr., Sp. & Ital. cordone , from Lat. I. Ordinary Language : 1. A ribbon or cord worn as the badge of any order. all lay brethren and sisters that did weare St Francis' cordon."-Sir E. Sandys: State of Religion. "Cordwane, ledyr. Aluta ."-Prompt. Parv. cord-wain-er, *cordiner, *cordewayner,