Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CORD-I-AL'I-TY, n.

1. Relation to the heart. [Not used.] – Brown.
2. Sincerity; freedom from hypocrisy; sincere affection and kindness; as, our friends were received with cordiality.

COR'DI-AL-IZE, v.t.

To render cordial. – Ec. Rev.

COR'DI-AL-IZ-ED, pp.

Rendered cordial.

COR'DI-AL-IZ-ING, ppr.

Making cordial.

CORD'I-AL-LY, adv.

Heartily; sincerely; without hypocrisy; with real affection. The Christian cordially receives the doctrines of grace.

CORD'I-AL-NESS, n.

Cordiality; hearty good will.

CORD'IE-RITE, n.

The mineral called otherwise iolite and dichroite.

CORD'I-FORM, a. [L. cor, the heart, and forma, form.]

Heart-shaped; having the form of the human heart.

CORD'I-NER, n. [Not used. See Cordwainer.]

CORD'ING, ppr.

Binding with cords, piling for measurement.

CORD'MAK-ER, n.

One whose occupation is to make ropes; but in America called rope-maker.

CORD'ON, n. [Fr. and Sp. cordon; It. cordone; Port. cordam. 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 lies aslope, and the parapet which is perpendicular; serving as an ornament, and used only in fortifications of stone-work. – Johnson. Encyc.
2. In military language, a line or series of military posts; as, a cordon of troops.

CORD'O-VAN, n.

Spanish leather.

CORD-U-ROY', n.

A thick cotton stuff ribbed.

CORD'WAIN, n. [Sp. cordoban; Port. cordovam; Fr. cordouan; from Cordova, or Cordoba, in Spain.]

Spanish leather; goat-skin tanned and dressed. – Spenser. Sp. Dict.

CORD'WAIN-ER, n. [from cordwain.]

A shoemaker. This word was formerly written cordiners. It is evidently from the French cordouan, cordouannier; properly, a worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather.

CORD'WOOD, n.

Wood cut and piled for sale by the cord, in distinction from long wood; properly, wood cut to the length of four feet; but in this respect the practice is not uniform. In Scotland, cord-wood is wood conveyed to market on board of vessels, in opposition to that which is floated. – Encyc.

CORE, n. [Fr. cœur; Norm. core; Sp. corazon; Port. coraçam; It. cuore; from L. cor, the heart, Gr. κεαρ. 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 an apple or quince. It was formerly applied to place; as, in the core of a square. – Ralegh.
2. The inner part of an ulcer or boil. – Dryden.
3. A body. Fr. corps. [Not used.] – Bacon.
4. A disorder of sheep, occasioned by worms in the liver. – Chambers.

COR'ED, a.

In the herring fishery, rolled in salt and prepared for drying. – Ash.

CO-RE'GENT, n.

A joint regent or ruler. – Wraxall.

CO-RE-LA'TION, n.

Corresponding relation. – Kidd.

CO-RI-A'CEOUS, a. [L. coriaceus, from corium, leather.]

1. Consisting of leather, or resembling leather; tough, as, coriaceous concretions. – Arbuthnot.
2. In botany, stiff, like leather or parchment; applied to a leaf, a calyx, or capsule. – Martyn.

CO-RI-AN'DER, n. [L. coriandrum; Gr. κοριον, κοριανον.]

The popular name of a genus of plants of one species. The seeds of this species have a strong smell, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative.

CO-RIN'DON, n. [See CORUNDUM.]

COR'INTH, n.

1. A city of Greece. Hence,
2. A small fruit, now called currant, – which see. – Philips. Broome.