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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cord \Cord\ (k?rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corded}; p. pr & vb n. {Cording}.] 1. 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. 2. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cord \Cord\ (k[^o]rd), n. [F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr Gr chordh`; cf chola`des intestines, L. haruspex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel. g["o]rn, pl garnir gut, and E. yarn. Cf {Chord}, {Yarn}.] 1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together. 2. 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Core \Core\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cord} (k?rd); p. pr & vb n. {Coring}.] 1. To take out the core or inward parts of as to core an apple. He's likee a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be cored out --Marston. 2. To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cord n 1: a line made of twisted fibers or threads 2: a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet 3: an light insulated conductor for household use [syn: {electric cord}] 4: a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton [syn: {corduroy}] v 1: stack in cords, of wood 2: bind or tie with a cord From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Cord, AR Zip code(s): 72524 From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Cord frequently used in its proper sense for fastening a tent (Ex. 35:18; 39:40), yoking animals to a cart (Isa. 5:18), binding prisoners (Judg. 15:13; Ps 2:3; 129:4), and measuring ground (2 Sam. 8;2; Ps 78:55). Figuratively, death is spoken of as the giving way of the tent-cord (Job 4:21. "Is not their tent-cord plucked up?" R.V.). To gird one's self with a cord was a token of sorrow and humiliation. To stretch a line over a city meant to level it with the ground (Lam. 2:8). The "cords of sin" are the consequences or fruits of sin (Prov. 5:22). A "threefold cord" is a symbol of union (Eccl. 4:12). The "cords of a man" (Hos. 11:4) means that men employ, in inducing each other methods such as are suitable to men, and not cords" such as oxen are led by Isaiah (5:18) says, "Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope." This verse is thus given in the Chaldee paraphrase: "Woe to those who begin to sin by little and little, drawing sin by cords of vanity: these sins grow and increase till they are strong and are like a cart rope." This may be the true meaning. The wicked at first draw sin with a slender cord; but by-and-by their sins increase, and they are drawn after them by a cart rope. Henderson in his commentary says: "The meaning is that the persons described were not satisfied with ordinary modes of provoking the Deity, and the consequent ordinary approach of his vengeance, but as it were yoked themselves in the harness of iniquity, and putting forth all their strength, drew down upon themselves, with accelerated speed, the load of punishment which their sins deserved."
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