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Webster 1913 Edition
Ord
Ord
(ôrd)
, Noun.
[AS.
ord
point.] An edge or point; also, a beginning.
[ Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Chaucer.
Ord and end
, the beginning and end. Cf.
Odds and ends
, under Odds
. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Chaucer.
Halliwell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ord
ORD
,Noun.
Ord signifies beginning; as in ords and ends.
Definition 2024
òrd
òrd
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
òrd m (genitive singular ùird, plural ùird or òrdan)
- hammer
- mar fhuaim ùird ― like the noise of a hammer
- dog-head of a gun, the part of a gunlock from which the flint strikes fire
- piece, fragment, chunk
- Gearr 'n a òrdan e. ― Cut it in pieces.
- stub
- mallet, mall
- cut, cutting
- òrd éisg ― a cut or slice of fish
- sledgehammer
- a short length of string
Derived terms
Terms derived from òrd
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Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| òrd | n-òrd | h-òrd | t-òrd |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)
- “2 ord(d)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.