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numbles

or ²Ô´Ç³¾Â·²ú±ô±ð²õ

[ nuhm-buhlz ]

plural noun

  1. certain of the inward parts of an animal, especially of a deer, used as food.


numbles

/ ˈ²ÔÊŒ³¾²úÉ™±ô³ú /

plural noun

  1. archaic.
    the heart, lungs, liver, etc, of an deer or other animal, cooked for food
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of numbles1

1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French nombles fillet of venison, plural of nomble, dissimilated variant of *lomble < Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus loin. See lumb-, -ule
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of numbles1

C14: from Old French nombles, plural of nomble thigh muscle of a deer, changed from Latin lumbulus a little loin, from lumbus loin; see humble pie
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Example Sentences

She demanded other dishes, special preparations, sauces g/acees, a blanquette of veal seasoned with oysters, chapon Flandrois in white wine, pluck and numbles rubbed with Ceylon herbs.

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The heads, fins, and numbles were taken in addition.

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Numbles, num′bls, n.pl. the entrails of a deer.

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His images assert the opposite: a nude becomes a lump of hairy pink clay with a pinhead, swagging numbles and a skin so gouged by fissures, cracks and graffiti that it is on the verge of turning into a landscape.

As by the holy blode of Christe, his woundes whiche for our redemption he paynefully suffred, his glorious harte, as it were numbles chopped in pieces.

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