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ord

noun
/ˈɔːd/AU/ˈɔːɹd/CA

Etymology

From Middle English ord (“point, point of a weapon, beginning”), from Old English ord (“point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”), from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”), of obscure origin (see *uzdaz). Cognate with North Frisian od (“tip, place, beginning”), Dutch oord (“place, region”), German Ort (“location, place, position”), Danish od (“a point”), Swedish udd (“a point, prick”), Icelandic oddur (“tip, point of a weapon, leader”). See also odd.

  1. inherited from *uzdaz✻ — “point”
  2. inherited from *oʀd✻
  3. inherited from ord — “point, spear-point, spear, source, beginning, front, vanguard”
  4. inherited from ord — “point, point of a weapon, beginning”

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of order.

  2. Abbreviation of ordinance.

  3. Clipping of ordinary share.

  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. A point.

    2. A point of origin

      A point of origin; a beginning.

      • "[...] But such is life — hard upon hard from ord to end; and if I had not been made of the best of neat-leather, the longer in water the tougher, I would have melted away with my tears long ago!"
      • [...] Tell me wholly as it was From ord to end how it did pass When first your father was of me ware.

    3. A point of land

      A point of land; a promontory.

      • When a man came from Sutherland into Caithness over the Ord [of Caithness, in the southern tip of the county], he was called an ord-louper .

    4. The point or edge of a weapon.

      • Saul drew his sword, And ran even upon the ord. — Cursor Mundi.
      • And touched him with the spear's ord. — Romance of Sir Otuel.
      • Hadubraht, the son of Hiltibrant, said, "Gladly gifts should be received; ord (spear's point) against ord.

    5. A surname.

    6. A city, the county seat of Valley County, Nebraska, United States.

    7. Two townships in Nebraska, in Antelope County and Valley County.

    8. A civil parish in north Northumberland, England, that includes the settlements of East…

      A civil parish in north Northumberland, England, that includes the settlements of East Ord, Middle Ord, Ord Mains, South Ord and West Ord.

    9. A hamlet near Tarskavaig, Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref…

      A hamlet near Tarskavaig, Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG6113). From Scottish Gaelic An t-Òrd.

    10. A settlement next to Invergordon, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH7170).

    11. A river in Western Australia.

    12. Abbreviation of operationally ready date, the date when a national serviceman finishes…

      Abbreviation of operationally ready date, the date when a national serviceman finishes his service.

The neighborhood

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