ord

1. Abbreviation of order
2. (law) Abbreviation of ordinance

From Middle English ord, from Old English ord, from Proto-West Germanic *oʀd, from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz, of obscure origin (see *uzdaz).

Cognate with Middle English ord, Northern Frisian od, Dutch oord, German Ort, Danish od, Swedish udd, Icelandic oddur. See also odd.

ord (plural ords)

1. (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point.
2. (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point of origin; a beginning.
   • 1897, Frank Cowan, The millionaire:

     "[...] 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!"

   • 1924, Adriaan Jacob Barnouw Esmoreit, An ingenious play of Esmoreit: the king's son of Sicily:

     [...] Tell me wholly as it was From ord to end how it did pass When first your father was of me ware.

3. (now chiefly UK dialectal) A point of land; a promontory.
   • 1900, Cai.:

     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. (now chiefly UK dialectal) 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.

   • 1814, Henry William Weber, Robert Jamieson, Sir Walter Scott, Illustrations of northern antiquities:

     Hadubraht, the son of Hiltibrant, said, "Gladly gifts should be received; ord (spear's point) against ord.

• As an English surname, from the dialectal noun ord.
• As a Scottish Gaelic - surname, habitational name from Ord in Peeblesshire or Banffshire, from òrd.
• The city in Nebraska is named after Edward O. C. Ord.
• The river in Australia is named after Harry Ord.

1. Surname.
2. A city/county seat in Valley County, Nebraska.
3. Two townships in Nebraska, in Antelope County and Valley County.
4. A civil parish/and/village in Northumberland, England
5. A hamlet near Tarskavaig (OS grid ref NG6113). From Scottish Gaelic - An t-Òrd.
6. (Ord River) A river in Western Australia

ord (plural ords)

1. (Singapore, military) Abbreviation of operationally ready date, the date when a national serviceman finishes his service.