bort
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of bort
1615–25; apparently metathetic variant of *brot ( Old English gebrot fragment); akin to Middle English brotel brittle, Old Norse brot fragment
Example Sentences
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“When my father said daay bort, pronouncing the word ‘deport’ by breaking it into syllables that creaked like a door opening and shutting,” she writes, “I felt its decree.”
From New York Times ● May 14, 2023
It is tempting to wonder whether some curious misprints – "luther" for either; "bort" for both – constitute a sly joke about our own language-processing abilities.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2010
Both bort and carbonado seem to be really aggregates of crystallized diamond, but the carbonado is so nearly structureless that it was till recently regarded as an amorphous modification of carbon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
So this mornin we drest up in our Sunday-skule cloes, and went down town to the property shop, and each bort ourselves a false mustash and canes.
From The Bad Boy At Home And His Experiences In Trying To Become An Editor - 1885 by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor
This bort is crushed in steel mortars to form diamond powder, which is largely used in lapidaries’ work.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" by Various
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