I. ˈȯ(ə)rt noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Dutch orte
1. : a morsel left at a meal : leaving , refuse — usually used in plural
ate their meals without forks and covered up the orts with rushes — Frederic Harrison
2. : scrap , bit — usually used in plural
ideological orts and fragments — David Daiches
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: probably from Middle Dutch orten to leave over, from orte leftover, ort
chiefly Scotland : to select by rejecting what is unsatisfactory