Umbles

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Animal entrails, especially of a deer. archaic, plural, plural-only

    "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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"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 [...]."

Etymology

Variant of numbles.

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humble pie

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