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/ (ɔːts) /


pl n
  1. (sometimes singular) archaic, or dialect scraps or leavings

Origin of orts

1
C15: of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oorete, from oor- remaining + ete food

Words Nearby orts

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How to use orts in a sentence

  • Even an elderly woman, the mother of five or six children, cheerfully partakes of the residue, as if it were the orts of gods.

    The Hindoos as they Are | Shib Chunder Bose
  • Other orts and ends of rabble made up the procession, which with antic and grimace marched about the village and neighbourhood.

    British Goblins | Wirt Sikes
  • Since printing throughout the title orts, a doubt has arisen in my mind as to its fitting the nature of the volume.

    A Dish Of Orts | George MacDonald
  • Then having eaten up all that food, he besmeared his body with the unclean orts and went away as he had come.

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2 | Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
  • So they tells her the message, and then she begins making orts and crosses like on her hands.