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chordare (cor-) 1 a to string (crossbows). b to fit (weighing-scales) w. cord; cf. chordula 4g. c to fit (a horse) w. a rope. d to make up (wood) into ‘cords’; cf. chorda 7c. e (p. ppl. w. crux) wreathed as w. a cord (her.). a 1221 tres balistas ligneas bene ~atas Cl 452a; 1222 ad balistas nostras ‥ reparandas et ~andas Ib. 524b; 1266 in arbalestis emendandis, nervandis et ~andis MinAc 1087/6 r. 1.  b 1210 ad ~andum balantias, j d. Misae 165.  c s1332 in fugam conversus est super equum non cellatum, sine freno in capite ~atum Plusc. IX 28.  d 1587 nec convertent ‥ carbonibus aliquam partem ‥ dictorum d cordorum fagorum ‥ sic ‥ ~atorum, vulgariter dict’ corded, donec ea pars ‥ visa fuerit per ‥ supervisorem nostrum boscorum Pat 1269 m. 17.  e portat in campo nigro unam crucem planam ~atam argenteam, A. he berith of sable a croys playne cordid of silver Bad. Aur. 192. 2 to span w. a chord (math.). de sciencia ~andi arcum et arcuandi cordam Wallingf. (Maud.) I 10. 3 (p. ppl., sc. frater) Cordelier, Franciscan. Cordati similiter atque Jacobite Peckham Def. Mend. 301.

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