the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Cord
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
(4):
(n.) See Chord.
(5):
(n.) A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
(6):
(v. t.) To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
(7):
(imp. & p. p.) of Core
(8):
(v. t.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cord'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cord.html. 1828.
