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To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. [Obs.] Shak.

Irregular; disorderly. [Obs.]

Wrong ordination.

To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence.

An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them.…

Biting; given to biting; hence, figuratively, sarcastic; severe; scathing. -- Mor*da"cious*ly, adv.

The quality of being mordacious; biting severity, or sarcastic quality. Bacon.

To subject to the action of, or imbue with, a mordant; as, to mordant goods for dyeing.

In the manner of a mordant.

An embellishment resembling a trill.

A biting quality; corrosiveness. [R.] Evelyn.

Biting; acrid; as, the mordicant quality of a body. [R.] Boyle.

The act of biting or corroding; corrosion. [R.] Bacon.

Biting; corrosive. [R.] Holland.

A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword. [Obs.] hak.

See Neurocord.

A cordlike organ composed of elastic fibers situated above the ventral nervous cord of annelids, like the earthworm. -- Neu`ro*cor"dal, a.

ntra of the vertebræ and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm.

Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord.

Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf.