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Cor"dial*ize (kôr"jal*īz or
kôrd"yal*īz; 106), v. t.
1. To make into a cordial.

2. To render cordial; to
reconcile.

Cor"dial*ize, v. i. To grow
cordial; to feel or express cordiality. [R.]

Cor"dial*ly, adv. In a cordial
manner. Dr. H. More.

Cor"dial*ness, n.
Cordiality. Cotgrave.

Cor"di*er*ite
(kôr"d&ibreve;*&etilde;r*īt), n.
[Named after the geologist Cordier.] (Min.)
See Iolite.

Cor"di*form (kôr"d&ibreve;*fôrm),
a. [L. cor, cordis, heart + -
form, cf. F. cordiforme.] Heart-shaped.
Gray.

Cor*dil"ler*a
(kôr*d&ibreve;l"l&etilde;r*&adot;; Sp.
kôr`d&esl;*ly&asl;"r&adot;), n. [Sp., fr.
OSp. cordilla, cordiella, dim. of cuerda a
rope, string. See Cord.] (Geol.) A mountain
ridge or chain.

&fist; 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.


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