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ord
noun 7name 5
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3ADJ.
hard, over
ORD + NOUN
caithness
PREP.
from, in, upon
Definitions
noun
1
Abbreviation of order.
2
Abbreviation of ordinance.
noun
1
A point.
2
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.
3
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 .
4
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.
name
1
A surname.
2
A city, the county seat of Valley County, Nebraska, United States.
3
Two townships in Nebraska, in Antelope County and Valley County.
4
A civil parish in north Northumberland, England, that includes the settlements of East Ord, Middle Ord, Ord Mains, South Ord and West Ord.
5
A hamlet near Tarskavaig, Isle of Skye, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG6113). From Scottish Gaelic An t-Òrd.
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"[...] 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!"
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[...] Tell me wholly as it was From ord to end how it did pass When first your father was of me ware.
Wiktionary03
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 .
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