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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORD, n. [L. Gr. According to the Welsh, this word signifies a twist, from cor, the root of chorus.]
1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together. Rahab let down the spies by a cord through the window. Josh 2.
2. A quantity of wood, or other material, originally measured with a cord or line. The cord is a pile containing 128 cubic feet; or a pile eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad.
3. In scripture, the cords of the wicked are the snares with which they catch the unwary. Psalms 129.
The cords of sin are bad habits, or the consequences of sin. Proverbs 5.
The cords of a man are the fair, gentle or natural means of alluring men to obedience. Hosea 11.
The cords of vanity are worldly vanities and pleasures, profit or preferment; or vain and deceitful arguments and pretenses, which draw men to sin. Isaiah 5.
To stretch a line or cord about a city, is to level it, or utterly to destroy it. Lamentations 2.
The cords of a tent denote stability. To loosen or break the cords, is to weaken or destroy; to lengthen the cords, is to enlarge. Job 30. Isaiah 54. Jeremiah 10.
CORD, v.t.
1. To bind with a cord or rope; to fasten with cords.
2. To pile wood or other material for measurement and sale by the cord.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord"
2: a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet
3: a light insulated conductor for household use [syn: cord, electric cord]
4: a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton [syn: cord, corduroy] v
1: stack in cords; "cord firewood"
2: bind or tie with a cord

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French corde, from Latin chorda string, from Greek chord? — more at yarn Date: 14th century 1. a. a long slender flexible material usually consisting of several strands (as of thread or yarn) woven or twisted together b. the hangman's rope 2. a moral, spiritual, or emotional bond 3. a. an anatomical structure (as a nerve or tendon) resembling a cord; especially umbilical cord 1a b. a small flexible insulated electrical cable having a plug at one or both ends used to connect a lamp or other appliance with a receptacle 4. a unit of wood cut for fuel equal to a stack 4 x 4 x 8 feet or 128 cubic feet 5. a. a rib like a cord on a textile b. (1) a fabric made with such ribs or a garment made of such a fabric (2) plural trousers made of such a fabric II. transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to furnish, bind, or connect with a cord 2. to pile up (wood) in cords • corder noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a long thin flexible material made from several twisted strands. b a piece of this. 2 Anat. a structure in the body resembling a cord (spinal cord). 3 a ribbed fabric, esp. corduroy. b (in pl.) corduroy trousers. c a cordlike rib on fabric. 4 an electric flex. 5 a measure of cut wood (usu. 128 cu.ft., 3.6 cubic metres). 6 a moral or emotional tie (cords of affection; fourfold cord of evidence). --v.tr. 1 fasten or bind with cord. 2 (as corded adj.) a (of cloth) ribbed. b provided with cords. c (of muscles) standing out like taut cords. Derivatives: cordlike adj. Etymology: ME f. OF corde f. L chorda f. Gk khorde gut, string of musical instrument

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cord Cord (k?rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corded; p. pr. & vb. n. Cording.] 1. To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment. 2. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cord Cord (k[^o]rd), n. [F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr. chordh`; cf. chola`des intestines, L. haruspex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel. g["o]rn, pl. garnir gut, and E. yarn. Cf. Chord, Yarn.] 1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together. 2. A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Core Core, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cord (k?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Coring.] 1. To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple. He's likee a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be cored out. --Marston. 2. To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cords) 1. Cord is strong, thick string. The door had been tied shut with a length of nylon cord. ...gilded cords and tassels. N-VAR 2. Cord is wire covered in rubber or plastic which connects electrical equipment to an electricity supply. ...electrical cord... We used so many lights that we needed four extension cords. = cable, flex N-VAR 3. Cords are trousers made of corduroy. He had bare feet, a T-shirt and cords on. N-PLURAL: also a pair of N 4. Cord means made of corduroy. ...a pair of cord trousers. ADJ: ADJ n 5. see also spinal cord, umbilical cord, vocal cords

Easton's Bible Dictionary

frequently used in its proper sense, for fastening a tent (Ex. 35:18; 39:40), yoking animals to a cart (Isa. 5:18), binding prisoners (Judg. 15:13; Ps. 2:3; 129:4), and measuring ground (2 Sam. 8;2; Ps. 78:55). Figuratively, death is spoken of as the giving way of the tent-cord (Job 4:21. "Is not their tent-cord plucked up?" R.V.). To gird one's self with a cord was a token of sorrow and humiliation. To stretch a line over a city meant to level it with the ground (Lam. 2:8). The "cords of sin" are the consequences or fruits of sin (Prov. 5:22). A "threefold cord" is a symbol of union (Eccl. 4:12). The "cords of a man" (Hos. 11:4) means that men employ, in inducing each other, methods such as are suitable to men, and not "cords" such as oxen are led by. Isaiah (5:18) says, "Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope." This verse is thus given in the Chaldee paraphrase: "Woe to those who begin to sin by little and little, drawing sin by cords of vanity: these sins grow and increase till they are strong and are like a cart rope." This may be the true meaning. The wicked at first draw sin with a slender cord; but by-and-by their sins increase, and they are drawn after them by a cart rope. Henderson in his commentary says: "The meaning is that the persons described were not satisfied with ordinary modes of provoking the Deity, and the consequent ordinary approach of his vengeance, but, as it were, yoked themselves in the harness of iniquity, and, putting forth all their strength, drew down upon themselves, with accelerated speed, the load of punishment which their sins deserved."

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kord (chebhet, yether, methar, `abhoth; schoinion):

(1) The Arabic chab'l corresponds to the Hebrew chebhel and is still the common name for cord or rope throughout the East. Such ropes or cords are made of goat's or camel's hair, first spun into threads and then twisted or plaited into the larger and stronger form. Chebhel is translated rather inconsistently in the Revised Version (British and American) by "cord" (Jos 2:15; Job 36:8, etc.); by "line" (2Sa 8:2; Mic 2:5; Ps 16:6; 78:55; Am 7:17; Zec 2:1); by "ropes" (1Ki 20:31), and by "tacklings" (Isa 33:23).

(2) Yether corresponds to the Arabic wittar, which means catgut. With a kindred inconsistency it is translated the Revised Version (British and American) by "withes" (Jud 16:7 the Revised Version, margin "bowstring"); by "cord" (Job 30:11), where some think it may mean "bowstring," or possibly "rein" of a bridle, and by "bowstring" (Ps 11:2), doubtless the true meaning.

(3) Methar is considered the equivalent of Arabic atnab, which means tent ropes, being constantly so used by the Bedouin. They make the thing so called of goat's or camel's hair. It is used of the "cords" of the tabernacle (Jer 10:20), of the "cords" of the "hangings" and "pillars" of the courts of the tabernacle in Exodus and Numbers, and figuratively by Isa 54:2, "Lengthen thy cords," etc.

(4) `Abhoth is thought to have its equivalent in the Arabic rubuts, which means a band, or fastening. See BAND. It is translated by "cords" in Ps 118:27; 129:4; by "bands" in Eze 3:25; Job 39:10; Ho 11:4; by "ropes" in Jud 15:13,14, and by "cart rope" in Isa 5:18. See CART. See also Nu 15:38 and AMULET. It Seems to have the meaning of something twisted or interlaced.

(5) In the New Testament "cord" is found in Joh 2:15, translating schoinion, but in Ac 27:32 the same Greek word is rendered "ropes."

Figurative:

(1) of affliction (Job 36:8);

(2) of God's laws (Ps 2:3);

(3) of the artifices of the wicked (Ps 129:4; 140:5);

(4) of sinful habits (Pr 5:22);

(5) of true friendship or companionship (Ec 4:12);

(6) possibly of the spinal cord (Ec 12:6);

(7) of falsehood (Isa 5:18);

(8) of the spirit of enterprise and devotion (Isa 54:2);

(9) of God's gentleness.

George B. Eager

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. String, line, small rope.

Moby Thesaurus

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