cord wood

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cord wood - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     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.
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     3. 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.
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              The knots that tangle human creeds,
              The wounding cords that bind and strain
              The heart until it bleeds.            --Tennyson.
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     4. (Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord,
        esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal,
        Umbilical, Vocal.
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     5. (Mus.) See Chord. [Obs.]
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     Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet
        (when of full measure).
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