\Ort\, n.; pl. {Orts}. [Akin to LG. ort, ortels, remnants of food, refuse, OFries. ort, OD. oorete, ooraete; prob. from the same prefix as in E. ordeal + a word akin to eat.] A morsel left at a meal; a fragment; refuse; -- commonly used in the plural. --Milton. Let him have time a beggar's orts to crave. --Shak.