ord1, m. (gs. & npl. oird, gpl. ~).Sledge-hammer. ~ mór, heavy sledge-hammer. ~ lúdraí, tilt-hammer. ~ ceárta, smith’s heavy hammer. S.a. inneoin 1(a).
ord2, m. (gs. & npl. oird, gpl. ~).Order. 1. (a)Theol:~ aingeal, order of angels. (b)Ecc:~ crábhaidh, eaglasta, religious, ecclesiastical, order. ~ manach, bráithre, ban rialta, order of monks, of friars, of nuns. ~ déirce, mendicant order. ~ múinteoireachta, banaltrachta, foriata, teaching, nursing, enclosed, order. O~ San Doiminic, Loreto, the Order of St. Dominic, of Loreto. (c)Chivalry:~ ridireachta, order of knighthood. O~ na dTeamplóirí, the Order of Templars. (d)Lit:~ filí, éigeas, order of poets, of learned men. (e)O~ Ársa na nÉireannach, the Ancient Order of Hibernians. An tOrd Oráisteach, the Orange Order. 2. Arch:~ Corantach, Dórach, Iónach, Tuscánach, Corinthian, Doric, Ionic, Tuscan, order. 3. (a)Mth:Ph:Ch:~ méide, order of magnitude. Cuar den dara h~, curve of the second order. Díorthach den treas ~, derivative of the third order. (b)Biol:~ nádúrtha, natural order. 4. Sequence, arrangement. ~ aibítre, uimhreacha, alphabetical, numerical, order. In ~ máirseála, catha, in marching, battle, order. Rudaí a chur in ~, to put things in order. Ná lig as a n-~ féin iad, don’t let them get out of their proper order. 5. (a)Lit: Ordered manner, rule. ~ ár mbeatha, the ordering of our lives. ~ Cholm Cille, the (monastic) rule of Colmcille. Ba h~ san am sin (go), it was the rule at that time (that). (b)Lit: Function. Ní h~ aoire codladh, it is not for a shepherd to fall asleep. (c)Ecc: Prescribed form of service. ~ an bhaiste, an phósta, the order of baptism, of marriage. 6 = ordú 2(c), (d).