Word of the Day

Aug 18, 2009 09:26


I subscribe to A Word A Day, and last week's word was "ort". An ort is a small morsel of food, perhaps left on a fork or a plate. From this definition it has entred the register of sewing: an ort is also a piece of thread left in the eye of a needle. One reader wrote in to share what ort means to nem.

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