Corcle, Corcule

[Lat. corculum, dim. of cor, the heart.] ( Bot. ) The embryo of a plant. See EMBRYO. Corcoba'do, or CorcOVADO, in S. America, a volcanic mountain of the Andes, in Patagonia, near the Pacific Coast, Lat. 43° 10 S., Lon. 73° W. Height, 7,510 feet. Corcoran, in Minnesota, a post-township of Hennepin co., abt. 16 m. N.W. of Minneapolis; pop. 914. Corcova'do, a mountain of Brazil, 2 m. from Rio Ja IMG:content-0369.jpg:[graphic] neiro; height, 2,000 feet. Corcyra, or PHÆCIA, ( kor - si'ra.) (Anc. Geog.) An island in the Ionian Sea, on the coast of Epirus, famous for the shipwreck of Uly es, and for the garden of Alcinous. It is the modern CORFU, q . v. Cord, n . [Fr. corde ; Lat. chorda ; Gr. chor - dē .] A string or small thin rope, composed of several strands of yarn twisted together; a rope; a band; as, whip- cord , sash cord. -A thick, ribbed, cotton-stuff, used in England for sportsmen's pantaloons and gaiters. See CORDUROY. -A quantity of wood cut for fuel, so called because formerly measured by a cord; it is, generally, a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet high, and 4 broad. -A bond; a tie; that which allures and binds; used in a metaphorical sense; as, the cords of the wicked. -v. a. To bind with a cord or rope; to fasten with cords; as, to cord a package or parcel. -To pile up in a certain quantity for measurement; as, to cord wood. See also MUSCLE.