cordillera (kordilyara)

[Sp., Pg. cord i lheira, a chain or ridge of mountains, formerly also a long, straight, elevated tract of land, He was so genial, so cordial , so encouraging, that it seemed as if the clouds broke away as we came into his presence. O. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 62. 3. Reviving the spirits; cheering; in vigor at continental position in South America are called simply IMG:content-1298.png:[blocks in formation] =Syn. 2. Sincere, etc. See hearty. II. n. [ adj.] 1. Something that invigorates, comforts, gladdens, or exhilarates. Charms to my sight and cordials to my mind. Dryden. And staff in hand, set forth to share The sober cordial of sweet air. Cowper , The Moralizer Corrected. In good health, the air is a cordial of incredible virtue. Emerson, Misc., p. 17. 2. A medicine or draught which increases the action of the heart and stimulates the circula IMG:content-1299.png:[blocks in formation] tion; a warm stomachic; any medicine which cording2+, adv. [By apheresis for according: see increases strength, dispels languor, and promotes cheerfulne . For gold in phisik is a cordial. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 443. according and cord2 .] According. In Janyveer or Feveryere no wronge Is graffyng hem, but cordyng to thaire kynde If lande be colde. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 212. cordite Cordons.-Old State House, Boston, Ma . c, c, c, cordons. calading par- 2. In ty. arch., a mold- ing of inc on- tal, in the face of wall: used for orna ment, or to in dicate on the exterior a divi sion of stones, etc. Compare band2, 2 (e). -3. Milit., a line or series of military posts or sentinels, inclosing or guarding any particular place, to prevent the pa age of persons other than those entitled to pa . -4. Any line (of persons) that incloses or guards a particular place so as to prevent egre or ingre . Hence-4 As hunters round a hunted creature draw The cordon close and closer toward the death. Tennyson, Aylmer's Field. 5. Any cord, braid, or lace of fine material forming a part of costume, as around the crown of a hat or hanging down from it, or used to secure a mantle or the like.-6. In her., a cord used as a bearing accompanying the shield of an ecclesiastical dignitary, and usually hanging on each side. Cardinals have a cordon gules which is divided, forming lozenge-shaped meshes, and having 15 tufts or ta els in 5 rows; archbishops have one of vert, which bears only 10 tufts in 4 rows; that of bishops is also vert, with 6 tufts in 3 rows. See cut under cardinal. 7. A ribbon indicating the position of its wearer in an honorary order. A cordon is usually worn as a scarf over one shoulder and carried to the waist on the opposite side; it is especially the mark of a higher grade of 8. In hort., a plant that is naturally diffusely branched, made by pruning to grow as a single stem, in order to force larger fruit. - Cordon bleu. (a) The watered sky-blue ribbon, in the form of a scarf, worn as a badge by the knights grand cro of the old French order of the Holy Ghost, the highest order of chivalry under the Bourbons. (b) By extension, a person wearing or entitled to wear this badge. (c) Hence, from this being the highest badge of knightly honor, any person of great eminence in his cla or profe ion: as, the cordons bleus of journalism. (d) In specific use, a first cla cook. Cordon rouge, the red ribbon or scarf con stituting the badge of the old French order of Stilouis, and now of the Legion of Honor; hence, by extension, a person wearing or entitled to wear this badge. - Grand cordon, the broad ribbon or scarf distinguishing the high est cla of any knightly or honorary order; by extension, a member of the highest cla of such an order, equivalent to grand commander. - Knights of the Cordon Jaune. See order. - Littoral cordon, in hydrog., the shore-line. Sanitary cordon, a line of troops or military posts on the borders of a district of country infected with disease, to cut off communication, and thus prevent the disease from spreading. cordonette (kôr-do-net'), n. [See cordonnet, n.] An edging made of a small cord or piping. cordonnet (kôr-do-na'), n. [F., silk twist, a milled edge, dim. of cordon, a string, cord: see cordon.] A raised edge or border to the pattern of point-lace. Compare crescent. 1264