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Umbles — Um bles, n. pl. [See {Nombles}.] The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general. [Written also {humbles}.] Johnson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
umbles — [um′bəlz] pl.n. archaic var. of NUMBLES … English World dictionary
umbles — Humbles Hum bles, n. pl. [See {Nombles}.] Entrails of a deer. [Written also {umbles}.] Johnson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
umbles — noun Animal entrails, especially of a deer. When Thetis deserted Peleus, he took the child to Cheiron the Centaur, who reared him on Mount Pelion, feeding him on the umbles of lions and wild boars, and the marrow of bears, to give him courage [ … Wiktionary
umbles — noun plural Etymology: Middle English, alteration of noumbles, from Old French nombles loins, alteration of lumbles, from Latin lumbuli, diminutive of lumbi, plural of lumbus loin more at loin Date: 15th century the edible viscera of an animal… … New Collegiate Dictionary
umbles — /um beuhlz/, n.pl. numbles. [1400 50; late ME] * * * … Universalium
Umbles — Venison offal; also the surrounding meat; considered a delicacy by those who hunted … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
umbles — plural noun variant spelling of numbles … English new terms dictionary
umbles — um·bles … English syllables
umbles — /ˈʌmbəlz/ (say umbuhlz) plural noun → numbles. {variant of numbles} …
