Webster's Dictionary 1913

7939

Cordelle

‖Cor‐delle″ (kôr‐dĕl″), n. [F., dim. of corde cord.] A twisted cord; a tassel. Halliwell.

7940

Cordial

Cor″dial (kôr″jal, formally kôrd″yal; 106, 277), a. [LL. cordialis, fr. L. cor heart: cf. F. cordial. See Heart.] 1. Proceeding from the heart.A rib with cordial spirits warm.Mi...

7941

Cordial (2)

Cor″dial, n. 1. Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates.Charms to my sight, and cordials to my mind.Dryden.2. (Med) Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a...

7942

Cordiality

Cor‐dial″i‐ty (kôr‐jăl″ĭ‐ty̆ or kôr′dĭ‐ăl″–; 106), n.; pl.Cordialities (–tĭz). [LL. cordialitas, fr. cordialis sincere: cf. F. cordialité.] 1. Relation to the heart.That the anc...

7943

Cordialize

Cor″dial‐ize (kôr″jal‐īz or kôrd″yal‐īz; 106), v. t. 1. To make into a cordial.2. To render cordial; to reconcile.

7944

Cordialize (2)

Cor″dial‐ize, v. i. To grow cordial; to feel or express cordiality.

7945

Cordially

Cor″dial‐ly, adv. In a cordial manner. Dr. H. More.

7946

Cordialness

Cor″dial‐ness, n. Cordiality. Cotgrave.

7947

Cordierite

Cor″di‐er‐ite (kôr″dĭ‐ẽr‐īt), n. [Named after the geologist Cordier.] (Min.) See Iolite.

7948

Cordiform

Cor″di‐form (kôr″dĭ‐fôrm), a. [L. cor, cordis, heart + -form, cf. F. cordiforme.] Heart-shaped. Gray.

7949

Cordillera

Cor‐dil″ler‐a (kôr‐dĭl″lẽr‐ȧ; Sp. kôr′dē̍‐lyā̍″rȧ), n. [Sp., fr. OSp. cordilla, cordiella, dim. of cuerda a rope, string. See Cord.] (Geol.) A mountain ridge or chain.☞ Cordille...

7950

Cordiner

Cor″di‐ner (kôr″dĭ‐nẽr), n. A cordwainer.

7951

Cordite

Cord″ite (?), n. [From Cord, n.] (Mil.) A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making...

7952

Córdoba

Cór″do‐ba (kôr″dō̍‐vä), n. The monetary unit of Nicaragua, equivalent to the United States gold dollar.

7953

Cordon

Cor″don (kôr″dŏn; F. kôr′dôN″), n. [F., fr. corde. See Cord.] 1. A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldr...

7954

Cordonnet

‖Cor′don′net″ (k?r′d?n′n?″), n. [F., dim. of cordon. See Cardon.] Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.

7955

Cordovan

Cor″do‐van (kôr″dō̍‐văn), n. [Sp. cordoban, fr. Cordova, or Cordoba, in Spain. Cf. Cordwain.] Same as Cordwain. In England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.

7956

Corduroy

Cor″du‐roy′ (kôr″dū̍‐roi′ or kôr′dū̍‐roi″), n. [Prob. for F. corde du roi king's cord.] 1. A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.2. pl. Trousers or bre...

7957

Corduroy (2)

Cor″du‐roy′, v. t. To form of logs laid side by side. “Roads were corduroyed.” Gen. W. T. Sherman.

7958

Cordwain

Cord″wain (k?rd″w?n), n. [OE. cordewan, cordian, OF. cordoan, cordouan, fr. Sp. cordoban. See Cordovan.] A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and ...

7959

Cordwainer

Cord″wain‐er (–?r), n. [OE. cordwaner, cordiner, fr. OF. cordoanier, cordouanier, F. cordonnier.] A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker.

7960

Cordy

Cord″y (kôr″dy̆), a. [Compar.Cordier (?); superl.Cordiest.] Of, or like, cord; having cords or cordlike parts.

7961

Core

Core (kōr), n. [F. corps. See Corps.] A body of individuals; an assemblage.He was in a core of people.Bacon.

7962

Core (2)

Core, n. [Cf. Chore.] (Mining.) A miner's underground working time or shift. Raymond.☞ The twenty-four hours are divided into three or four cores.

7963

Core (3)

Core, n. [Heb. kōr: cf. Gr. κόροσ.] A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer. Num. xi. 32 (Douay version).

7964

Core (4)

Core, n. [OF. cor, coer, cuer, F. cœur, fr. L. cor heart. See Heart.] 1. The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central...

7965

Core (5)

Core, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cord (kōrd); p. pr. & vb. n.Coring.] 1. To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.He's like a corn upon my great toe... he must be c...