Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chord \Chord\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chorded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Chording}.]
   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.