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Abbreviation of order. examples
(law) Abbreviation of ordinance. examples
plural ords
(now chiefly UK dialectal) A point. examples
(now chiefly UK dialectal) A point of origin; a beginning. quotations examples
"[...] But such is life — hard upon hard from ord to end; and if I had not been made of the best of neat-leather, the longer in water the tougher, I would have melted away with my tears long ago!"
1897, Frank Cowan, The millionaire
[...] Tell me wholly as it was From ord to end how it did pass When first your father was of me ware.
1924, Adriaan Jacob Barnouw Esmoreit, An ingenious play of Esmoreit: the king's son of Sicily
(now chiefly UK dialectal) A point of land; a promontory. quotations examples
When a man came from Sutherland into Caithness over the Ord [of Caithness, in the southern tip of the county], he was called an ord-louper .
1900, Cai.
(now chiefly UK dialectal) The point or edge of a weapon. quotations examples
Hadubraht, the son of Hiltibrant, said, "Gladly gifts should be received; ord (spear's point) against ord.
1814, Henry William Weber, Robert Jamieson, Sir Walter Scott, Illustrations of northern antiquities