Chord
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) The string of a musical instrument.
(2): (n.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.
(3): (n.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4.
(4): (v. t.) To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
(5): (n.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension.
(6): (v. i.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.
(7): (n.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.
King James Dictionary [2]
Chord, n.
1. The string of a musical instrument. 2. In music, the union of two or more sounds uttered at the same time, forming an entire harmony as a third, fifth and eighth, which are perfect chords, or consonancies. The fourth and sixth are imperfect chords. 3. In geometry, a right line drawn or supposed to extend from one end of an arch of a circle to the other. Hence the chord of an arch is a right line joining the extremities of that arch.
Chord, To string.
