Ort

Quick meaning: Ort is a noun meaning (usually in the plural) A fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any remainder; a piece of refuse.

Meaning

(usually in the plural) A fragment; a scrap of leftover food; any remainder; a piece of refuse.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, dialectal) To turn away from with disgust; refuse.
2. (historical) A small coin, formerly used in central Europe.

Example Sentences

Peace, Grandam,– reclaim thy Ort. The Learnèd One has yet to sink quite that low.

Come, Kinch, you have eaten all we left. Ay, I will serve you your orts and offals.

ORT (French), the gross weight; garbage or refuse; a Norwegian coin of 24 skillings, also called a mark, and equal to 9 1/2 d.; an Hungarian coin, containing 12 kreutzers; in Poland, 5 orts make a rix-dollar; also a Swedish money equal to 2 farthings, sometimes called a runstick.

The coins of Sigismund III. range in value from […] the solidus, denarius, half gros, gros, 1 1/2 gros, 3 crucifer, 3 gros, 6 gros, quarter crown or thaler, (ort); half crown, crown, double crown, ducat, […] These coins are the solidus, 3 gros, 6 gros, ort (quarter thaler), thaler (crown); […]

Word Forms

• orts
• orting
• orted

Synonyms for ort

Depending on context, synonyms include bit, chip, gubbins, leftover, scrap, remnant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include scrap, morsel, situ, location, place, fort.

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