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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 — (n.) edible inner parts of a deer or other animal, c.1400, see HUMBLE (Cf. humble) … Etymology dictionary
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 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} …
