Category:Ort

Ort, n.; pl. Orts. Etym: [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.]

Defn: 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.