Cord n.
 1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.
 2. A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.
 3. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.
 The knots that tangle human creeds,
 The wounding cords that bind and strain
 The heart until it bleeds.   --Tennyson.
 4. Anat. Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.
 5. Mus. See Chord. [Obs.]
 Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).