ord

Abbreviation of order.

Abbreviation of ordinance.

A point.

A point of origin; a beginning.

"[...] 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!"

[...] Tell me wholly as it was From ord to end how it did pass When first your father was of me ware.

A point of land; a promontory.

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 .

The point or edge of a weapon.

Saul drew his sword, And ran even upon the ord. — Cursor Mundi.

And touched him with the spear's ord. — Romance of Sir Otuel.

A surname.

A city, the county seat of Valley County, Nebraska, United States.

Two townships in Nebraska, in Antelope County and Valley County.

A civil parish in north Northumberland, England, that includes the settlements of East Ord, Middle Ord, Ord Mains, South Ord and West Ord.

A hamlet near Tarskavaig, Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG6113). From Scottish Gaelic An t-Òrd.