CORCULE
CORCULE, CORCLE, noun [Latin It is a diminutive, from cor, the heart.] In botany, the heart of the seed, or rudiment of a future plant, attached to and involved in the cotyledon...
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CORD
CORD, noun [Latin 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...
CORDAGE
CORDAGE, noun All sorts of cords or ropes, used in the running rigging of a ship, or kept in reserve to supply the place of that which may be rendered unserviceable. In a more g...
CORDATE
CORDATE, CORDATED, adjective [Latin, with a different signification, from cor, the heart.] Having the form of a heart; heart-shaped; a term used by naturalists; as a cordate lea...
CORDATED
CORDATE, CORDATED adjective [Latin, with a different signification, from cor, the heart.] Having the form of a heart; heart-shaped; a term used by naturalists; as a cordate leaf...
CORDATELY
CORDATELY, adverb In a cordate form.
CORDED
CORDED, participle passive1. Bound or fastened with cords.2. Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.3. Made of cords; furnished with cords.4. In heraldry, a cross corded is...
CORDELIER
CORDELIER, noun A Franciscan friar; one of the order of religious founded by St. Francis; a gray friar. The cordeliers wear a thick gray cloth, a little cowl, a chaperon, and a ...
CORDIAL
CORDIAL, adjective [Latin, the heart.]1. Proceeding from the heart; hearty; sincere; not hypocritical; warm; affectionate.With looks of cordial love.We give our friends a cordia...
CORDIALITY
CORDIALITY, noun1. Relation to the heart. [Not used.]2. Sincerity; freedom from hypocrisy; sincere affection and kindness.Our friends were received with cordiality
CORDIALLY
CORDIALLY, adverb Heartily; sincerely; without hypocrisy; with real affection.The Christian cordially receives the doctrines of grace.
CORDIERITE
CORDIERITE, noun The mineral called otherwise iolite and dichroite.
CORDIFORM
CORDIFORM, adjective [Latin, the heart, and form.] Heart-shaped; having the form of the human heart.
CORDINER
CORDINER, noun [Not used. See Cordwainer.]
CORDON
CORDON, noun [See Cord.]1. In fortification, a row of stones jutting before the rampart, and the basis of the parapet; or a row of stones between the wall of a fortress which li...
CORDOVAN
CORDOVAN, noun Spanish leather.
CORDUROY
CORDUROY, noun A thick cotton stuffribbed.
CORDWAIN
CORDWAIN, noun Spanish leather; goatskin tanned and dressed.
CORDWAINER
CORDWAINER, noun [from cordwain.] A shoemaker. This word was formerly written cordiners. It is evidently from the French cordouan, cordouannier; properly, a worker in cordwain, ...
CORDWOOD
CORDWOOD, noun Wood cut and piled for sale by the cord, in distinction from long wood; properly, wood cut to the length of four feet; bu in this respect, the practice is not uni...
CORE
CORE, noun [Latin, the heart. Gr. See Class Gr.]1. The heart or inner part of a thing; particularly, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as the core of a...
CORED
CORED, adjective In the herring fishery, rolled in salt and prepared for drying.
CORIACEOUS
CORIACEOUS, adjective [Latin, leather.]1. Consisting of leather, or resembling leather; tough; as coriaceous concretions.2. In botany, stiff, like leather or parchment; applied ...
CORIANDER
CORIANDER, noun [Latin, Gr.] A genus of plants of two species. The seeds of one species, the sativum, have a strong smell, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carmin...
CORINDON
CORINDON, noun [See Corundum.]
CORINTH
CORINTH, noun1. A city of Greece. Hence,2. A small fruit, now called currant, which see.
CORINTHIAC
CORINTHIAC, adjective Pertaining to Corinth.