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[awrt] 
–noun
| Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| ort (ôrt) n.
[Middle English orte, food left by animals, probably from Middle Dutch : oor, out; see ud- in Indo-European roots + eten, to eat; see ed- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Ort
Ort\, n.; pl. Orts. [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. Let him have time a beggar's orts to crave. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : ort
Spanish:
localidad,
German:
die Örtlichkeit,
Japanese:
地域
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"remains of food left from a meal," c.1440, cognate with early Du. ooraete, Low Ger. ort, from or-, privative prefix, + etan "to eat."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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