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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. Joshua 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,

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.