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ort definition

ort (ôrt)

noun

Now Chiefly Dial. a scrap or fragment of food left from a meal: usually used in pl.

Etymology: LME ortus, pl., prob. < LowG

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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