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[O. Fries. ort; Low Ger. ort, contr. forms from O. Dut. oorete, ooraete a piece left uneaten at a meal, also nausea due to over-eating, from oor. (A. S. or- ); O. H. Ger. ur; Ger. -er.; Goth. -us out, without, and eten to eat.] A fragment, a scrap, a leaving, a remnant, a morsel left at a meal; refuse. (Generally used in the plural.) "Some slender ort of his remainder." Shakes).: Timon of Athens, iv. 3. ort, v. t. [ORT, 8.] To turn away from in disgust; to refuse, ( Scotch.)