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Webster 1913 Edition
Umbles
Um′bles
,Noun.
pl.
[See
Nombles
.] The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general.
[Written also
humbles
.] Johnson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Umbles
UM'BLES
,Noun.
Definition 2024
umbles
umbles
English
Alternative forms
Noun
umbles pl (plural only)
- (archaic) Animal entrails, especially of a deer.
- 1955, Robert Graves, The Greek Myths:
- 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 [...].
- 1955, Robert Graves, The Greek Myths:
Derived terms
References
- umbles in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- umbles at OneLook Dictionary Search