ort
nounEtymology
From Middle English orte, from Old English *oreta (“that which is left after eating”, literally “out-eat”); for more, see Old English or-, English eat. Cognate with Middle Low German orte (“refuse of food”), Middle Dutch ooraete, ooreete, Low German ort (“ort”), Middle High German urez, German Uräß and also German Ort (“quarter (of a thaler, etc)”). As the term for a coin, probably borrowed from the central European languages which used it: German Ort (“quarter (of a thaler)”), Polish ort (“coin”), etc.
Definitions
A fragment
A fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any remainder; a piece of refuse.
- Come, Kinch, you have eaten all we left. Ay, I will serve you your orts and offals.
- Peace, Grandam,– reclaim thy Ort. The Learnèd One has yet to sink quite that low.
A small coin, formerly used in central Europe.
To turn away from with disgust
To turn away from with disgust; refuse.
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Initialism of oral rehydration therapy.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ort. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA