cordn.1
/kɔːd/, U.S. /kɔrd/ 1.
a. A string composed of several strands twisted or woven together; in ordinary popular use, now restricted to small ropes, and thick or stout strings; but formerly applied more widely, e.g. to the ropes of a ship, the string of a bow, etc. Cf. also whipcord n., welting cord at welting n. Compounds 1. Also applied to strands of wire twisted or woven together.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > rope, string, cord, etc.
stringa900
linea1000
lacec1230
cordc1305
whipcord?a1500
thumb-rope1601
thumb-band1639
chord1645
spun-yarn1685
hairline1731
tie-tie1774
rope1841
wire rope2001
society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > cord or string
string1154
cordc1305
loync1400
knittlea1425
chord1645
clew1660
slip1688
tie-cord1907
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [noun] > rope or cord
rope1548
line1797
cord1835
c1305 St. Andrew in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 100 Bynde him honde and fet..Wiþ stronge corden.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21256 Abute his hals a cord þai fest, And tilward prison drogh.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 58 Saye no more, that I take two cordes or strenges on my bowe.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 160/2 They hewe the cordes of the shyppe.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xlvi. 154 There was no cord but it was of gold and sylke.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Judges xvi. 11 Yf they bounde me with new coardes.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2012 Þai kairen to þe cordis, knitten vp þe saile.
1611 Bible (King James) John ii. 15 A scourge of small cordes . View more context for this quotation
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 444. ⁋4 A Twine-Cord, strained with two Nails at each End.
1812 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. I. 81 The pulley is a wheel moveable on an axis with a groove cut in its circumference, round which a cord passes.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 94 Turkey [silk] has a flaxen appearance, and consists of ten ultimate filaments, which form a cord of 1/ 333 of an inch.
1872 J. Morley Voltaire vii. 326 Wearing the cord of Saint Francis.
b. A rope for hanging; the hangman's rope.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows > parts of > noose or rope
ropeeOE
withec1275
cordc1330
snarea1425
tippet1447
girnc1480
halter1481
widdie1508
tether?a1513
hemp1532
Tyburn tippet1549
John Roper's window1552
neckweed1562
noose1567
horse-nightcap1593
tow1596
Tyburn tiffany1612
piccadill1615
snick-up1620
Tyburn piccadill1620
necklacea1625
squinsy1632
Welsh parsley1637
St. Johnston's riband1638
string1639
Bridport daggera1661
rope's end1663
cravat1680
swing1697
snecket1788
death cord1804
neckclothc1816
St. Johnston's tippet1816
death rope1824
mink1826
squeezer1836
yard-rope1850
necktie1866
Tyburn string1882
Stolypin's necktie1909
widdieneckc1920
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 1141 (Mätz.) Thei ye me hong bi a cord.
c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Phyllis. 2485 She was her owne deeth right with a corde.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton C j Yf he had the corde aboute hys necke for to be hanged.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 393 If there be Cords, or Kniues, Poyson, or Fire.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. i. 7 They will soon create you a Knight of the Hempen Cord.
1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles ii. xiii. 55 Left his men to brand and cord.
1886 J. Morley Crit. Misc. I. 44 Robespierre had the typic sacerdotal temperament..its private leanings to the stake and the cord.
c. plural. The ropes enclosing that part of a racecourse, near the winning-post, where the spectators stand; the part enclosed by them.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > racecourse > [noun] > areas for spectators
race stand1788
cords1791
stand house1795
tribune1865
1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship xii. 49 Just as they [sc. horses] enter'd the cords, they were both at laps.
1791 ‘G. Gambado’ Ann. Horsemanship xii. 51 Whilst new wagers echoed from the Betting Gap and cords every moment.
1879 Daily News 16 Apr. 2/3 This order was maintained until inside the cords, when Leghorn was beaten.
d. transferred.
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1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 244 The electrical cord in this cable is composed of 7 small wires twisted together and insulated by a thick layer of gutta-percha.
e. (without a and plural) As a material.
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1867 W. Papworth Gwilt's Encycl. Archit. (rev. ed.) ii. iii. 688 Patent copper wire cord..extensively used for window sash line..picture cord, clock cord, etc.
1881 R. Jefferies Wood Magic I. iii. 73 The end of Pan's chain..was not of iron, but tar-cord.
1882 [see cord-work n. at Compounds 2]. 1893 N.E.D. at Cord Mod. A piece of stout cord.
f. Applied to pottery ornamented with impressions of cord (cf. corded adj. Compounds). So cord-beaker (German schnurbecher).
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [adjective] > incised > specific incised or relief design
sprigged1756
trouted1783
combed1878
slipped1914
cord-ornamented1925
stroke-ornamented1925
cord1928
1902 J. Abercromby in Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 32 391 (heading) The ‘Cord-beaker’ and its Offshoots.
1928 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Steppe & Sown ii. 26 A ware, known as string-ornamented ware or cord pottery, that seems to have been derived ultimately from the pottery of the Russian steppe.
1954 S. Piggott Neolithic Cultures Brit. Isles ii. 30 The late appearance of cord-wares of Peterborough or Ebbsfleet type at Windmill Hill and Whitehawk.
g. Literal rendering of Latin funiculus in the Vulgate (Hebrew ḥbl cord, measuring-line, tract, region).
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xlvii. 13 For Joseph hath double coord, or part.
1609 Bible (Douay) I. Zeph. ii. 5 Wo to you that inhabite the cord of the sea.
2. Anatomy. A structure in the animal body resembling a cord.† a. Formerly used to render Latin nervus, Greek νεῦρον, applied both to the tendons or sinews and to the nerves. (Cf. nerve n.)
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [noun]
sinec725
sinewOE
stringc1000
bend1398
nerfa1400
nervea1400
cordc1400
ligamentc1400
ligaturec1400
couple1535
chord?1541
lien?1541
tendon?1541
tendant1614
artery1621
leader1708
ligamentum1713
chorda1807
vinculum1859
Tenon's capsule1868
tendo1874
the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > [noun]
sinew1398
nervea1400
cordc1400
chord?1541
line1611
lingual1778
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 24 A corde..comeþ from þe brayne eiþer from þe nucha. From þe brayn comen vij. peire cordes & þei ben cleped sensible senewis.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 29 Þat þat is maad of þis nerf & þis ligament is cleped a corde.
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Ciijv From it [the muscle] discendeth rounde strynges and cordes that cometh nygh to the ioyntes.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 345 Sinews, Cords, and Ligaments.
b. Applied generally to a nerve trunk, and spec. to certain structures, esp. the spermatic cord, spinal cord, and umbilical cord, the vocal cords; see these words.
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > types of nerves > [noun]
sensitive?a1425
motivec1475
life stringc1522
recurrent1615
life corda1631
abducent1681
cord1774
chord1783
motor1824
afferent1828
excitor1836
nerve trunk1850
mixed nerve1861
inhibitory nerve1870
nervelet1875
vaso-motor1887
pilomotor1892
lemniscus1913
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 15 [The intestines of a caterpillar are] strengthened on both sides by a fleshy cord, by which they are united.
1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 20 A nervous ring..from which proceed two cords running along the whole length of the body.
1842 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) 550 The Spermatic Cord is the medium of communication between the testes and the interior of the abdomen.
1851 W. B. Carpenter Man. Physiol. (ed. 2) 540 The thickness of the Spinal Cord differs considerably at its different parts.
1855 F. H. Ramsbotham Princ. & Pract. Obstetr. Med. (new Amer. ed.) 79 The..Umbilical Cord, or Navel String, is a rope-like cord running from the navel of the child into the body of the placenta.
c. In the following passage apparently applied to a supposed vital fibre or ligament (cf. heartstring n.), with a figurative reference to the string of a musical instrument (sense 4).
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1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 107 I would 'twer somthing yt would fret the string, The Master-cord on's heart. View more context for this quotation
3. A part of a plant with a cord-like appearance or function.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [noun] > parts of specific shape
finger?a1425
saucer1578
umbrella1658
neck1673
discus1687
cord1776
wing1776
starlet1787
ribbon1854
rat-tail1871
peltation1881
rod1884
1776 W. Withering Brit. Plants (1796) I. 367 An elastic Cord taken out of the ripe Capsule.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Umbilical cord, a thread by which seeds are sometimes attached to their placenta.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > [noun] > parts generally > string
stringa1000
chorda1340
corda1340
sinew1605
course-
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxliii. 10 In psawtry of ten cordis til þe sall I synge.
1382 J. Wyclif Psalms cl. 4 Preise ȝee hym in cordis and orgne.
a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury viii, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 297 Symphonious cords of sheep gut rhythmical.]
1830 ‘Juan de Vega’ Jrnl. Tour (1847) ii. 10 One of the young ladies..examining my guitar, lightly touched the cords with her fingers.
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the world > relative properties > number > geometry > line > [noun] > chord
cord1551
chord1570
string1594
subtention1610
subtense1614
ordinate1676
inscript1695
supplemental chord1760
string-line1897
1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. i. Defin. If the line goe crosse the circle, and passe beside the centre, then is it called a corde, or a stryngline.]
6. Farriery. (Usually plural) A disease affecting the sinews of a horse; string-halt. ? Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of legs > stringhalt
cord?1523
stringhalt?1523
maryhinchcho1610
springhalt1610
strangle-halt1624
string1650
haltstring1673
wild mare hunch (hinch, hitch)1703
stringhaltedness1889
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxiii The cordes is a thyng that woll make a horse to stumble..and appereth before the forther legges.
a1605 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 301 The cords and the cout-euill, the claisps and the cleiks.
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) i. xxviii. 147 If your Horse be troubled with the Cords, take a corued [? read cornet] made of the brow-antler of an old Stagges horne, and thrust it vnder the Cord, and twynd it tenne or twelue times about..then cut the Cord asunder.
1702 London Gaz. No. 3855/4 A brown-bay Horse..two small Knots on his Nose which was cut for the Cords.
7.
a. Architecture. The semicircular nosing or projection of a string-course.
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1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 137 The Plinth and Cord.
b. Glass-making
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1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 513 Cords. These are asperities on the surface of the glass, in consequence of too little heat.
8. A raised cord-like rib on the surface of cloth; a ribbed fabric, esp. corduroy; elliptical in plural corduroy breeches or trousers.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > ribbed or corded
cord1776
reps1816
rep1858
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > made from specific material
shiverines1663
nankeen1770
overall1782
corduroys1791
ducks1825
webs1825
kerseys1833
moleskin1836
cord1837
kerseymeres1840
blue jeans1842
grey1860
mole trousers1860
chaparreras1861
Bedford cord1862
velveteens1862
dungarees1872
moles1879
chaps1884
chaparejos1887
oiler1889
greyers1900
flannels1911
Levi's1926
denim1932
chino1943
wrangler1947
Bedfords1954
sweats1956
sweatpants1957
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > ribbed or corded > rib or cord
wale1583
cord1875
1776 Woostenholme Specif. Patent 1123 3 Velveteen cords are made of the same materials.
1795 J. Aikin Descr. Country round Manch. 163 The fustian trade has also been improved by the addition of..strong and fancy cords.
1837 T. Hook Jack Brag I. i. 15 Our sprightly gentleman in the scarlet jacket and white cords.
1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton vii A green coat of jockey cut, a buff waistcoat, white cords.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 527 Cantoon is a fustian with a fine cord visible upon the one side, and a satiny surface of yarns running at right angles to the cords upon the other side.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 527 An example of king's cord or corduroy, and of Dutch cord.
9.
a. A measure of cut wood, esp. that used for fuel (probably so called because originally measured with a cord): a pile of wood, most frequently 8 feet long, 4 feet broad, and 4 feet high, but varying in different localities.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > measure of cut wood
ring1597
cord1616
rick1787
1616 R. Boyle Diary (1886) I. 112 20 cordes of olde woode.
1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 61 A Tun and three quarters of Timber will but make one Coard of Wood.
1725 London Gaz. No. 6447/4 Which Stacks or Piles of Wood did contain about Thirteen Coards.
1804 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) V. 437 Commissioned to procure ten chords of wood for the Victory.
1818 T. Hulme Jrnl. 14–15 June in W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. (1819) iii. 327 Two dollars a cord for hickory; a cord is eight feet by four, and four deep.
1874 J. Deady in Law Times Rep. 31 231/2 The loss of the John Francis, and her cargo of eighty cords of ash wood.
b. A measure of stone or rock.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > measure of stone
cord1703
perch1772
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 256 In some parts of Kent, Stones are sold by the Cord, consisting of 27 solid Feet.
1882 Kentish Express 1 July 1/1 Tenders..for digging 300 cord of rock, at Kick-hill..near Hythe.
10. Weaving. One of the strings which connect the leaves with the treadles in a pattern-weaving loom (or the neck or harness twines to the hooks in a jacquard loom); also, the space of the design-paper confined by two vertical lines and representing one of the threads of the warp.
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1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 982 Upon the design-paper..the dots..denote raising cords, the blanks, sinking cords.
11. figurative.
a. With reference to the binding or confining power of a cord. Chiefly in scriptural language, or expressions derived from it.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [noun] > that which
fetterOE
shackle?c1225
cagec1300
chainc1374
to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380
corda1382
gablea1555
obligation1582
hamper1613
tethera1628
girdlea1630
confiner1654
trammela1657
cramp1719
swathe1864
tie1868
lockstep1963
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [noun] > of free action > that which
fetterOE
shackle?c1225
cagec1300
chainc1374
to cut a large thong of another man's leatherc1380
corda1382
gablea1555
obligation1582
manacle1587
hamper1613
tethera1628
girdlea1630
confiner1654
trammela1657
cramp1719
swathe1864
tie1868
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxvi. 8 If thei shul..ben bounde with cordis of porenesse.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. v. 22 With the cordis of his synnes he is togidere streyned.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Hosea xi. 4 I led them with coardes of frendshipe.
a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vi. vi. §8 The wicked shall be held fast in the cords of his own sin.
1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant (1735) 53 Here is a fourfold Cord, which you will find is not easily broken.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxvi. 109 Those mysterious intimations which the soul feels, as the cords begin to unbind, ere it leaves its clay forever.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiii. 104 The very sight of the island had relaxed the cords of discipline.
b. A ‘thread’ which runs through and unites the parts of anything.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [noun] > connecting > one who or that which > that which
banda1300
binder1642
connection1712
go-between1811
cord1879
1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine i. 13 Through all the..multitudinous sights of Europe, there is found one central historic cord running up to antiquity.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
cord-maker n.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of rope or cord > [noun]
ropera1387
string-maker14..
ropemakera1425
ropierc1440
cord-maker1579
line-maker1667
cord-winder1707
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 175 Corde makers, sadlers, coller makers.
cord-net n.
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1630 Order in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 65 Any Draw-Net, Cord-Net, or other Net.
b.
cord-bound adj.
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1834 F. Wrangham Homerics 11 The cord-bound raft.
cord-like adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [adjective] > made of rope or cord > resembling
cord-like1611
cordy1611
ropy1823
ropelike1835
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Cordeleux, cordie, cord-like.
1809 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 21 423 The inflammation crept gradually up the vein, which was evident from its peculiar cord-like feel.
cord-shaped adj.
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1833 H. Ellis Elgin Marbles II. viii. 120 A cord-shaped diadem round the hair.
C2. † cord-wise adv. Obsolete in the manner of a cord.
cord-drill n. a drill worked by a cord twisted round it and pulled backwards and forwards.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > drill > drill worked by string or cord
bow-drill1865
cord-drill1865
pump drill1865
thong-drill1865
fiddle-drill1888
Yankee fiddle1892
1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind ix. 241 The Brahmins still use a cord-drill.
cord-grass n. a modern name for Spartina stricta (sometimes erroneously attributed to Turner, who called it Frail-bente).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > marsh grass
salt grass1704
marsh grass1785
spartina1836
sea cock's-foot-grass1837
sea-grass1837
broom-sedge1856
cord-grass1861
rice grass1907
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. VI. 51 Cord-grass.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Spartina stricta, Common Cord-grass, Mat-weed, Spart-grass, Twin-spiked Cord-grass.
cord-leaf n. a name given by Lindley to plants of the family Restiaceæ ( Treasury Bot.).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Restiaceae family or plant > [noun]
cord-leaf1845
1845 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom (1853) 105 The Cord-leafs (Restiaceæ).
cord-moss n. ‘the genus Funaria’ (Miller Plant-n.).
cord-ornamented adj. applied to pottery decorated by pressing cord into the soft clay before firing.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration of china > [adjective] > incised > specific incised or relief design
sprigged1756
trouted1783
combed1878
slipped1914
cord-ornamented1925
stroke-ornamented1925
cord1928
1925 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization xv. 235 A battle-axe folk..using cord-ornamented pottery.
1928 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Steppe & Sown iii. 44 Sherds of cord ornamented pottery.
1954 S. Piggott Neolithic Cultures Brit. Isles xi. 303 The great groups of cord-ornamented and pit-comb wares of northern Europe.
cord-reel n. a reel on which cord is wound.
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1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. l. 326 Many measures of small corde..many cord-reeles.
cord-rooted adj. having roots like cords.
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1890 Nature 17 Apr. 557 Cord-rooted grasses.
cord-winder n. one who makes cords or ropes.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of rope or cord > [noun]
ropera1387
string-maker14..
ropemakera1425
ropierc1440
cord-maker1579
line-maker1667
cord-winder1707
1707 London Gaz. No. 4362/4 Lancelot Bowler..Cordwinder.
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?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Civ They waxe rounde in cordewyse.
cord-work n. (see quot.). See also cord-wood n.
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1882 Dict. Needlework Cord Work..is a kind of coarse needle lace executed with black or coloured purse silks, fine bobbin cord, or strong linen thread.
Draft additions January 2018
to cut the cord [with allusion to the severing of the umbilical cord at birth] : to cease to rely on someone or something for protection or support, and begin to act independently; (also) to cease to provide protection or support to someone or something. Also to cut the umbilical cord.
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1950 J. Gunther Roosevelt in Retrospect ix. 166 Step by step, little by little, FDR became free [of his mother's influence]. In a sense it was the paralysis that cut the cord.
1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Jan. a4 I left the Navy, ‘cut the cord’, and started over when I came here.
1981 L. Van Witsen Costuming Opera ii. 21 Albert Herring has a serious undercurrent, dealing as it does with the emancipation of a henpecked young man who unwittingly succeeds in ‘cutting the umbilical cord’.
2004 Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 13 May When my eldest son married, I knew it was time to cut the cord.
2013 E. Huang Fresh off Boat xiii. 203 You can't idolize and emulate forever. At some point, you gotta cut the cord.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† cordn.2
Obsolete.
= accord n. Cf. chord n.2
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the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > [noun]
cordc1300
assentc1386
concordc1386
accordancea1400
unanimity1436
concordancec1450
condescentc1460
greement1483
agreeing?1520
consent1529
consension1570
onenessa1575
consort1590
concurrency1596
agreation1598
convenance1613
concert1618
concurrence1669
accordancy1790
coincidence1795
unanimousness1828
one-mindedness1836
consentience1879
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > agreement of sounds or harmony
cordc1300
accordmentc1330
concorda1340
accorda1387
consonancya1387
accordancea1400
cordinga1400
symphonyc1440
proportiona1450
chord?c1475
uthec1478
attemperance1481
consonant1483
monochordc1500
concordancea1513
concent1538
consort1587
harmoge1601
minstrelsy1605
dissonancy1626
harmoniousness1679
harmonicalness1693
concentus1769
attune1850
society > armed hostility > peace > pacification > peace treaty > [noun]
accordc1275
peacec1325
concordc1425
treaty1430
corda1500
composition1523
pacification1548
assurance1577
accommodation1624
convention1780
c1300 K. Alis. 411 He [tellith] to hire, by word and cord, Alle the jestis of Ammon his lord.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 58 Þet hi myȝten his [=them] draȝe to hare corde.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 20 Pictogoras clepiþ þe soule Armonye a cord of melody.
a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) 6399 The corde is made, the mortuall werre is sese; Betwix hym and the Sowdon All is pece.
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cordv.1
/kɔːd/, U.S. /kɔrd/ 1. transitive. To furnish with a cord; to string (e.g. a bow).
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > use of bow and arrow > shoot (arrow) [verb (transitive)] > string (a bow)
cordc1430
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > sew or ornament textile fabric [verb (transitive)] > other
pink1486
gore1548
apply1851
cord1870
tuft1884
c1430 Pilgr. Life Manhode (1869) iv. lviii. 204 With þe corde which þe bowe was corded, and þat j haue vncorded.
1870 Willcox & Gibbs' Price List 22 Cording with the Corder. The Corder lays the Cord while the Machine stiches it in.
2.
a. To bind or fasten with a cord or cords.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > working with tools or equipment > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > with rope, cord, or line
linea1398
ropea1400
cord1610
string1613
kinch1808
1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. v. 228 You shal then cord him hard about the midst of the necke.
1691 London Gaz. No. 2646/4 A hair Portmantua Trunk, lock'd and corded.
1718 S. Ockley Hist. Saracens II. 199 He commanded his Men to cord the Tents close together.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) vi. 68 Miss Charity called him to come and cord her trunk.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 980 To cord the treddle 1, to the back leaf, put a raising cord, and to each of the other four, sinking cords.
b. Bookbinding. To tie (a book) between two boards to keep the cover smooth while drying.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bind [verb (transitive)] > other processes
to knock up1660
glair1755
board1813
lace1818
crop1824
beback1858
plough1873
cord1876
to throw out1880
guillotine1896
pull1901
reback1901
super1914
1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 43/2 As a last operation in forwarding, but one now frequently omitted, the book is ‘corded’, that is, firmly tied between two boards until it is dry, so as to insure perfect smoothness in the cover.
3. To stack or put up (wood) in ‘cords’.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > other processes
makec1450
rough-hew1530
rip1532
stick1573
list1635
frame1663
fur1679
beard1711
cord1762
butt1771
drill1785
joint1815
rend1825
broach1846
ross1853
flitch1875
bore1887
stress-grade1955
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate > stack
stackc1325
foot1550
cord1762
bond1865
1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 652 The greater part of the wood which is transported to Hamburg..is first corded here.
1870 R. W. Emerson Society & Solitude xi. 239 The owner of the wood-lot finds only a number of discolored trees, and says..‘they should be cut and corded before spring’.
4. (Chiefly as participial adj.) To cause (a muscle, etc.) to stand out in cord-like patterns when hard or taut, esp. through effort or emotion. Also of the part of the body affected, and intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [verb (intransitive)] > muscular tension
set1844
cord1959
flex1972
1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 121 The hand..was lean, corded, knuckly.
1903 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer Romance i. i. 7 Rooksby..began..to switch his corded legs.
1959 ‘M. Renault’ Charioteer iii. 37 The vein inside the elbow corded and stood out.
1962 R. Graves New Poems 7 My broad forehead grim with pride, Muscles corded on my calves.
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† cordv.2
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To bring to agreement, reconcile; = accord v. 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > reconcile (people)
seema1000
saughtc1000
saughtela1122
accordlOE
i-sehtnec1175
saughtenc1175
to bring, make, set at onec1300
peasec1300
reconcilec1390
corda1400
pacifyc1500
agree1530
reconciliate1539
gree1570
atone1597
compose1597
even1620
to build bridges1886
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9722 Merci and hir sisters tua, Blithli wald i cord þam sua.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 92 Cordyd or accordyde, concordatus.
2. intransitive. Of persons: To come to agreement, agree with; to agree, assent to; = accord v. 2, 3.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (transitive)]
cordc1380
to give handsa1425
to fall to ——a1450
agree1472
to go into ——1540
astipulate1548
subscribe1560
seal1579
suffragate1606
give1621
assent1637
homologate1644
to take up with1673
affirmative1775
chorus1836
yea-say1887
yes1915
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > be in agreement [verb (intransitive)]
accord1340
cordc1380
to be condescendedc1386
to be consentedc1386
consenta1400
intend1421
onec1450
drawc1480
to be of (also in) one (or a) mind?1496
agreea1513
gree?a1513
to draw by one string1558
conspire1579
to meet witha1586
conclude1586
condog1592
consign1600
hit1608
centre1652
to be of (another's) mind1717
to go all the way (also the whole way) with1829
to sing the same song1846
the mind > language > statement > agreement, concurrence, or unanimity > agree with [verb (transitive)]
to go ineOE
cordc1380
consentc1386
covin1393
condescend1477
agree1481
correspond1545
concur1590
to fall in1602
suffrage1614
to hit it1634
colour1639
to take with ——1646
to be with1648
to fall into ——1668
to run in1688
to think with1688
meet1694
coincide1705
to go in1713
to say ditto to1775
to see with ——1802
sympathize1828
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 101 Of a peny þou cordist wiþ me.
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1558) ii. xxii. 6 Touching his dreme they corded all in one.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 91 To þis sentens I suppose Austeyn to cord.
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 1357 I cord with that assent.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 194 To gar thair myndis cord in one.
3. Of things: To agree, be in harmony; impersonal to be suitable; = accord v. 4, 5.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > agree/be in harmony/be congruous [verb (intransitive)]
accord1340
cord1340
concordc1374
agree1447
to stand togetherc1449
rhyme?a1475
commonc1475
gree?a1513
correspond1529
consent1540
cotton1567
pan1572
reciprocate1574
concur1576
meet1579
suit1589
sorta1592
condog1592
square1592
fit1594
congrue1600
sympathize1601
symbolize1605
to go even1607
coherea1616
congreea1616
hita1616
piece1622
to fall in1626
harmonize1629
consist1638
comply1645
shadow1648
quare1651
atonea1657
symphonize1661
syncretize1675
chime1690
jibe1813
consone1873
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 316 Þos says þe prophet David, In a psalme þat cordes þar-wyth.
14.. Gram. Rules in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 14 And how a nowne substantyfe Wylle corde with a verbe and a relatyfe.
a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 1043 Yf a peyntour wolde peynte a pyk With asses feet and hede it as an ape It cordeth nought.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 30 It cordiþ to hem [prestis] to ȝeue comyn.
1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 361/2 Counsell cords not well in rime.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective]
goodeOE
rightOE
queemlOE
belonglOE
behovingc1175
limplyc1200
tidefula1300
avenantc1300
mackc1330
worthy1340
hemea1350
convenientc1374
seemlya1375
shapelyc1374
ablea1382
cordant1382
meetc1385
accordable1386
accordinga1387
appurtenantc1386
pertinentc1390
accordanta1393
likea1393
setea1400
throa1400
agreeablec1425
habilec1425
suitly1426
competentc1430
suiting1431
fitc1440
proportionablec1443
justc1450
congruent?a1475
cordinga1475
congruec1475
afferant1480
belonging1483
cordable1485
hovable1508
attainanta1513
accommodate1525
agreeing1533
respondent1533
opportunate?1541
appropriate1544
commode1549
familiar1553
apt1563
pliant1565
liable1570
sortly1570
competible1586
sortable1586
fitty1589
accommodable1592
congruable1603
affining1606
feated1606
suity1607
reputable1611
suited1613
idoneousa1615
matchable1614
suitablea1616
congruous1631
fitten1642
responsal1647
appropriated1651
adapt1658
mack-like1672
squared1698
homogeneous1708
applicable1711
unforeign1718
fitted1736
congenial1738
assorted1790
accommodatable1874
OK1925
1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 3 This loue was not wel lykly ne cordable.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective]
goodeOE
rightOE
queemlOE
belonglOE
behovingc1175
limplyc1200
tidefula1300
avenantc1300
mackc1330
worthy1340
hemea1350
convenientc1374
seemlya1375
shapelyc1374
ablea1382
cordant1382
meetc1385
accordable1386
accordinga1387
appurtenantc1386
pertinentc1390
accordanta1393
likea1393
setea1400
throa1400
agreeablec1425
habilec1425
suitly1426
competentc1430
suiting1431
fitc1440
proportionablec1443
justc1450
congruent?a1475
cordinga1475
congruec1475
afferant1480
belonging1483
cordable1485
hovable1508
attainanta1513
accommodate1525
agreeing1533
respondent1533
opportunate?1541
appropriate1544
commode1549
familiar1553
apt1563
pliant1565
liable1570
sortly1570
competible1586
sortable1586
fitty1589
accommodable1592
congruable1603
affining1606
feated1606
suity1607
reputable1611
suited1613
idoneousa1615
matchable1614
suitablea1616
congruous1631
fitten1642
responsal1647
appropriated1651
adapt1658
mack-like1672
squared1698
homogeneous1708
applicable1711
unforeign1718
fitted1736
congenial1738
assorted1790
accommodatable1874
OK1925
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > pleasantness of sound > [adjective] > musical or harmonious
musica1382
cordant1382
melodiousa1425
musicala1449
consonant?1521
warbling1549
harmoniousc1550
tunable1579
symphonical1589
symphoniacal1650
symphonious1652
consonous1654
harmonic1667
symphonous1814
symphonic1864
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > melodious or harmonious
sweetc900
merryOE
softc1230
accordanta1325
well-soundingc1350
cordant1382
sootc1385
songfula1400
melodiousa1425
sugaredc1430
well-toneda1500
tunable1504
dulcea1513
equivalenta1513
consonant?1521
harmonicala1527
harmoniousc1550
consorteda1586
Orphean1593
concentful1595
melodical1596
sweet-recording1598
tuneful1598
sirenical1599
high-tuned1603
nightingale-like1611
soundful?1615
according1626
modulaminous1637
undiscording1645
canorous1646
symphonious1652
concinnous1654
consonous1654
harmonic1667
sirenica1704
symphonial1773
concentual1782
chantant1785
Memnonian1800
melodized1807
Orphic1817
undiscordant1819
concentuous1850
fluting1852
melodic1871
well-orchestrated1872
jarless1876
tuny1885
tunesome1890
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Chron. xx. 21 With cordaunt voice.
1860 C. Heavysege Ct. Filippo 22 As one struck string, To other cordant, with low breath responds.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adverb]
conveniently1398
agreeably?c1400
answeringlyc1443
accordinglyc1449
cordantlyc1475
together1502
agreeingly1563
harmonically1604
uncrossly1615
sympathetically1621
coincidently1629
harmoniously1632
concordantly1646
congruously1656
concordiouslya1670
sympathically1684
consistently1706
compatibly1736
symphonically1854
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 6 Cordandli wiþ holi writ.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > reconciliation
saughtnessc1000
accordc1275
saughtelinga1300
saughtlinessa1300
cordementc1320
accordmentc1330
reconcilinga1382
reconciliationa1398
cordinga1400
saughtinga1400
reparationc1450
reconcilementc1475
recounsellinga1500
atonement1513
making-upa1525
recorda1540
atone1595
atonemaking1611
reconciliage1626
redintegration1631
reintegration1656
according1709
make-up1833
Versöhnung1976
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > agreement of sounds or harmony
cordc1300
accordmentc1330
concorda1340
accorda1387
consonancya1387
accordancea1400
cordinga1400
symphonyc1440
proportiona1450
chord?c1475
uthec1478
attemperance1481
consonant1483
monochordc1500
concordancea1513
concent1538
consort1587
harmoge1601
minstrelsy1605
dissonancy1626
harmoniousness1679
harmonicalness1693
concentus1769
attune1850
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9515 A sample cordant [Trin. Cambr. Ensaumple cordyng], þat i tok Vte of sent Robert bok.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xi They..made grete ioye of their welfare and cordyng.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb]
wellOE
tidily1340
avenantlya1375
covenablyc1384
featlya1400
propera1400
queema1400
congruelyc1400
conably1411
cordingc1420
convenablyc1430
competentlyc1440
fitc1440
accordantlyc1443
accordinglyc1443
conveniently1447
at pointc1485
congruentlya1529
appliablyc1530
afferandly1536
suitingly1540
aptly1548
answerably1549
fitlyc1550
agreeingly1563
suitable1584
not unfitly1586
aptitudinallyc1600
handsome1600
sortfully1606
sortably1607
congruouslya1620
accommodately1623
adaptlya1648
inabusivelya1677
suitably1681
agreeably1753
appropriately1795
suitly1913
righteous1948
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > according to [preposition]
atc1430
secundum1563
cording1593
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. vi. 214 And after oilderose We may baptize and name it, cordyng even.
1483 Cath. Angl. 75 Cordynge in sang, concentus.
1593 T. W. Tears of Fancie lix. 208 To paint thy glories cording their desart.
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