Orts

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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  73 Moby Thesaurus words for "orts":
     afterglow, afterimage, balance, bones, butt, butt end, candle ends,
     chaff, culm, deadwood, debris, detritus, dishwater, draff, dregs,
     dust, end, fag end, filings, fossil, garbage, gash, hogwash,
     holdover, husks, leavings, lees, leftovers, odds and ends, offal,
     offscourings, parings, potsherds, rags, raspings, refuse, relics,
     remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach,
     rubbish, ruins, rump, sawdust, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum,
     shadow, shards, shavings, slack, slag, slop, slops, straw, stubble,
     stump, survival, sweepings, swill, tares, trace, vestige, wastage,
     waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds