ort
[ awrt ]
noun
Usually orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Origin of ort
1First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; probably from Old English orǣt (unattested) “leftover fodder or food,” cognate with Low German ort, early Dutch oorete; compare Old English or- “out, out of, completely” (in compounds), ǣt “food” (see eat)
Words Nearby ort
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How to use ort in a sentence
They run ort as tho Satun hisself was arter them with a red hot ten pronged pitchfork.
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward | Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)I don't run no 'dollar you got, dollar you didn't get, an' dollar you ort to got' outfit.
Connie Morgan in the Lumber Camps | James B. HendryxNever fear is merely a translation of the equally common Irish phrase, n b heagal ort.
English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. JoyceI'd ort to took mo' pains myself, but I wasn't so pa'ticlah about gettin' back—then.
Connie Morgan in Alaska | James B. HendryxI ain't acquainted through heah, but I reckon nine oah ten days had ort to put us into Eagle if the snow holds.
Connie Morgan in Alaska | James B. Hendryx
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