Abbreviation of order.
"The old manuscript contains an ord where a single letter is missing from the line."
A point.
A city, the county seat of Valley County, Nebraska, United States.
"The historic main street in Ord serves as the cultural hub for residents of Valley County, Nebraska."
The word "ord" comes from Old English and originally meant the sharp tip or front vanguard of a spear. It traveled into modern usage to describe any starting point or location before its meaning narrowed further in contemporary dialects.