JEW'S-SALLAD, in botany, a genus of the polyandria monogynia class. The corolla consists of five petals; the calyx is deciduous, and consists of five leaves; and the capsule has many cells and valves. The species are six, none of them natives of Britain.

CORD of wood, a certain quantity of wood for burning, so called because formerly measured with a cord. The dimensions of a statute cord of wood are eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad.

CORD-WOOD, is new wood, and such as, when brought by water, comes on board a vessel, in opposition to that which is floated.