Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1879
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ORT, n.2 Also urt (Jak.). A family of the same parents, a brood, of chickens, a litter, also disparagingly of human beings (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928), 1914 Angus Gl., Sh. 1964).Sh. 1879 Shetland Times (2 Aug.):
I kent a' her middersh folk, an' dey wirno ane o' da hael ort 'at wish free o' hit.
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