a. colloq. [f. SORT sb.2 + -Y. Cf. WFris. soartich of a good sort.]
1. Of one kind or sort; similar, alike.
1885. Field, 12 Dec., 845/1. Mr. W. Wheeler’s cup pigs were … not quite sorty as to hair, but otherwise a good lot.
2. Consisting of various sorts; mixed.
1899. Daily News, 3 July, 9/7. Phipps,… usually driving blacks, has got together a very ‘sorty’ team composed of a skewbald, a chestnut, and bays.
a. 1904. in Eng. Dial. Dict., s.v., The water is very sorty this morning—it is much colder at the bottom than on the top.
