Cordially
(Cor"dial*ly), adv. In a cordial manner. Dr. H. More.
Cordialness
(Cor"dial*ness), n. Cordiality. Cotgrave.
Cordierite
(Cor"di*er*ite) n. [Named after the geologist Cordier.] (Min.) See Iolite.
Cordiform
(Cor"di*form) a. [L. cor, cordis, heart + - form, cf. F. cordiforme.] Heart-shaped. Gray.
Cordillera
(Cor*dil"ler*a) (kôr*dil"ler*a; Sp. kôr`de*lya"ra), n. [Sp., fr. OSp. cordilla, cordiella, dim. of
cuerda a rope, string. See Cord.] (Geol.) A mountain ridge or chain.
Cordillera is sometimes applied, in geology, to the system of mountain chains near the border of a continent; thus,
the western cordillera of North America in the United States includes the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada,
Coast and Cascade ranges.
Cordiner
(Cor"di*ner) n. A cordwainer. [Obs.]
Cordon
(Cor"don) (kôr"don; 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 baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon.
2. The cord worn by a Franciscan friar. Sir E. Sandys.
3. (Fort.) The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches.
4. (Mil.) A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.
5. A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state.
||Cordon bleu (kr`dn" bl") [F., blue cordon], a first-rate cook, or one worthy to be the cook of the cordons
bleus, or Knights of the Holy Ghost, famous for their good dinners. — ||Cordon sanitaire (kr`dn" s`n`tr")
[F., sanitary cordon], a line of troops or military posts around a district infected with disease, to cut off
communication, and thus prevent the disease from spreading.
Cordonnet
(||Cor`don`net") n. [F., dim. of cordon. See Cardon.] Doubled and twisted thread, made of
coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.
Cordovan
(Cor"do*van) 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.
Corduroy
(Cor"du*roy`) (kôr"du*roi` or kôr`du*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 breeches of corduroy.
Corduroy road, a roadway formed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places; — so called
from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling corduroy. [U.S.]
Corduroy
(Cor"du*roy`), v. t. To form of logs laid side by side. "Roads were corduroyed." Gen. W. T.
Sherman.
