Defn: 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
Chord, v. i. (Mus.)
Defn: To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.
CHORDA
Chor"da, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. chorda. See Chord.] (Anat.)
Defn: A cord. Chorda dorsalis (. Etym: [NL., lit., cord of the back.]
(Anat.) See Notochord.
CHORDAL
Chor"dal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a chord.
CHORDATA
Chor*da"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. chorda cord.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.
CHORDEE
Chor*dee", n. Etym: [F. cordé, cordée, p. p. of corder to cord.]
(Med.)