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/num"beuhlz/, n.pl.numbles.
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Nombles — Nom bles, n. pl. [F. nombles, fr. L. lumbulus, dim. of lumbus a loin. Cf. {Numbles}, {Umbles}, {Humbles}.] The entrails of a deer; the umbles. [Written also {numbles}.] Johnson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nombles — d un sanglier … Thresor de la langue françoyse
nombles — (non bl ) s. m. pl. Terme de vénerie. Se dit des deux muscles de l intérieur des cuisses du cerf. On le dit aussi des boeufs et des vaches. HISTORIQUE XIVe s. • Nombles et queue de sanglier à la sausse chaude, Ménagier, II, 4. • En un… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
nombles — variant of numbles * * * /num beuhlz/, n.pl. numbles. * * * nombles /numˈblz/ a variant of numbles (see ↑umbles) … Useful english dictionary
numbles — Nombles Nom bles, n. pl. [F. nombles, fr. L. lumbulus, dim. of lumbus a loin. Cf. {Numbles}, {Umbles}, {Humbles}.] The entrails of a deer; the umbles. [Written also {numbles}.] Johnson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
numbles — /num beuhlz/, n.pl. certain of the inward parts of an animal, esp. of a deer, used as food. Also, nombles. [1275 1325; ME < MF nombles fillet of venison, pl. of nomble, dissimilated var. of *lomble < L lumbulus, dim. of lumbus loin. See LUMB ,… … Universalium
numbles — /ˈnʌmbəlz/ (say numbuhlz) plural noun Obsolete certain of the organs of an animal, especially of a deer, used as food. Also, nombles, umbles. {Middle English noumbles, from Old French nombles, from Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus loin} …
Humbles — Hum bles, n. pl. [See {Nombles}.] Entrails of a deer. [Written also {umbles}.] Johnson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
humbles — 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
Loin — Loin, n. [OE. loine, OF. logne, F. longe, from (assumed) LL. lumbea, L. lumbus join. Cf. {Lends}, {Lumbar}, {Nombles}.] 1. That part of a human being or quadruped, which extends on either side of the spinal column between the hip bone and the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
