Cord

kord, n. a small rope or thick kind of string: something resembling a cord, as 'spinal cord,' 'umbilical cord,' .: ( 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, .— adj. Cord′ed , fastened with cords: furrowed, as with cords: ( her. ) wound about with cords: piled in 'cords.'— ns. Cord′-gra , a genus of gra es 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 smokele gunpowder, so called from its cord-like appearance; Cord′-wood , wood put up in 'cords.' [Fr. corde —L. chorda . See Chord .]