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  • English Word Corchorus Definition The common name of the Kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.
  • English Word Corcle Definition Alt. of Corcule
  • English Word Corcule Definition The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ.
  • English Word Cord Definition A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
  • English Word Cord Definition 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.
  • English Word Cord Definition Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.
  • English Word Cord Definition Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
  • English Word Cord Definition See Chord.
  • English Word Cord Definition 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.
  • English Word Cord Definition To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
  • English Word Cord Definition of Core
  • English Word Cordage Definition Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.
  • English Word Cordal Definition Same as Cordelle.
  • English Word Cordate Definition Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf.
  • English Word Cordately Definition In a cordate form.
  • English Word Corded Definition of Cord
  • English Word Corded Definition Bound or fastened with cords.
  • English Word Corded Definition Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.
  • English Word Corded Definition Made of cords.
  • English Word Corded Definition Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface.
  • English Word Corded Definition Bound about, or wound, with cords.
  • English Word Cordelier Definition A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.
  • English Word Cordelier Definition A member of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.
  • English Word Cordeling Definition Twisting.
  • English Word Cordelle Definition A twisted cord; a tassel.
  • English Word Cordial Definition Proceeding from the heart.
  • English Word Cordial Definition Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.
  • English Word Cordial Definition Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.
  • English Word Cordial Definition Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates.
  • English Word Cordial Definition Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial.