n. The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Embryology) the area of the mesoderm that forms the notochord. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Music) a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus containing two species of small New Zealand trees: weeping tree broom; endangered.
Syn. -- genus Chordospartium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Prob. fr. the Spanish explorer Francisco Hernández de Córdoba. ] The monetary unit of Nicaragua, equivalent to the United States gold dollar. It is divided into 100 centavos. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cord worn by a Franciscan friar. Sir E. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Fort.) The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mil.) A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖Cordon sanitaire ety>[ 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. Also used figuratively, of a group of neutral states that forms a barrier between two hostile states. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ety>[ F., blue cordon ], 1. a first-rate cook, or one worthy to be the cook of the cordons bleus, or Knights of the Holy Ghost, a distinguished order of French knights, famous for their good dinners. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the blue ribbon worn by the Knights of the Holy Ghost. [ PJC ]

3. [ one entitled to wear the cordon bleu{ 2 }. ] a person of high distinction. [ PJC ]

5. (Cookery) a dish prepared with thin slices of meat separated by layers of ham and cheese, and then sauteed; as, chicken cordon bleu is a popular dish. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F., dim. of cordon. See Cardon. ] Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. deka`chordos tenstringed; de`ka ten + chordh` a string. ] 1. An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something consisting of ten parts. W. Watson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of discord. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. fordon, AS. ford&unr_;n; pref. for- + d&unr_;n to do. See For-, and Do, v. i. ] 1. To destroy; to undo; to ruin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This is the night
That either makes me or fordoes me quite. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To overcome with fatigue; to exhaust. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

All with weary task fordone. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Fordo. ] Undone; ruined. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An unidentified plant mentioned by Shakespeare, perhaps equivalent to burdock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lord + -olatry, as in idolatry. ] Worship of, or reverence for, a lord as such. [ Jocose ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But how should it be otherwise in a country where lordolatry is part of our creed? Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; , fr. &unr_; bent so as to be convex in front. ] (Med.) (a) A curvature of the spine forwards, usually in the lumbar region. (b) Any abnormal curvature of the bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ L. monochordon, Gr. &unr_;; -- so called because it orig. had only one string. See Monochord. ] (Mus.) The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Ordinance. ] (Fine Arts) The disposition of the parts of any composition with regard to one another and the whole. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their dramatic ordonnance of the parts. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., p. pr. of ordonner. See Ordinant. ] Of or pertaining to ordonnance. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Geol.) Ordovician. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From L. Ordovices, a Celtic people in Wales. ] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to a division of the Silurian formation, corresponding in general to the Lower Silurian of most authors, exclusive of the Cambrian. -- n. The Ordovician formation. [ 1913 Webster ]