Ort

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ort \Ort\ ([^o]rt), n.; pl. {Orts} ([^o]rts). [Akin to LG. ort,
     ortels, remnants of food, refuse, OFries. ort, OD. oorete,
     ooraete; prob. from the same prefix as in E. ordeal + a word
     akin to eat.]
     A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly used
     in the plural. --Milton.


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           Let him have time a beggar's orts to crave. --Shak.
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From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  ORT
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