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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.
The entrails of a deer.

Definition 2024


umbles

umbles

English

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Noun

umbles pl (plural only)

  1. (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 [...].

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References

  • umbles in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • umbles at OneLook Dictionary Search

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