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Chord, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Chorded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chording.] To provide with musical chords or strings;
to string; to tune.

When Jubal struck the chorded shell.

Dryden.

Even the solitary old pine tree chords his
harp.

Beecher.

Chord, v. i. (Mus.) To
accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with
that.

||Chor"da (?), n. [NL., fr. L.
chorda. See Chord.] (Anat.) A
cord.

||Chorda dorsalis (&?;). [NL., lit., cord of
the back.] (Anat.) See Notochord.

Chor"dal (?), a. Of or
pertaining to a chord.

||Chor*da"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr.
L. chorda cord.] (Zoöl.) A comprehensive
division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the
Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.


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