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(ôrt) 
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- A small scrap or leaving of food after a meal is completed. Often used in the plural.
- A scrap; a bit.
[Middle English orte, food left by animals, probably from Middle Dutch : oor, out + eten, to eat.]
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- Residual matter. butt4, end, fragment, scrap1, shard, stub. See leftover.
- A tiny amount: bit1, crumb, dab1, dash, dot, dram, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ounce, particle, scrap1, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, trifle, whit. Chiefly British spot. See big/small/amount.
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