umblesn.
/ˈʌmb(ə)lz/ 1.
a. The edible inward parts of an animal, usually of a deer.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > part or joint of animal > [noun] > pluck, offal, or tripe
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tripea1400
chitterling?c1400
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womb cloutc1400
garbage1422
offala1425
interlardc1440
hinge1469
draught?a1475
mugget1481
paunch1512
purtenance1530
pertinence1535
chawdron1578
menudes1585
humblesa1592
gut?1602
pluck1611
sheep's-pluck1611
fifth quarter1679
trail1764
fry1847
chitling1869
small goods1874
black tripe1937
variety meat1942
the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > game > [noun] > flesh of deer > cuts or parts
numblesc1330
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forcher1486
fenchec1560
flankard1567
inchpin1575
humblesa1592
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > body or parts of > viscera
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mugget1481
umblesc1500
gather-bag1575
inchpin1575
gralloch1882
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 616 Tispatum, umbles.
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 678 Hoc burburium, owmlys.
c1500 Ffor to serve a Lord in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 377 Brawne with mustard, umblys of a dere or of a sepe.
1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1240 The vmblis of venyson..To fayre maistres Anne that shuld haue be sent.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. M2 On umbles fat they feede, and broche, and broyle.
1587 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. xix. i. 305 The ordinarie fee, and parts of the deere giuen vnto the keeper by a custome, who..hath the skin, head, vmbles, chine, and shoulders.
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) v. xxii. 585 Fine, daintie, and tender bodies, as..Vmbles, Chickens, Calues feete, or any other good thing.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 208 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors They sell the flesh of them to the Chineses,..eating themselves onely the Umbles and Paunch.
1665 S. Pepys Diary 13 Sept. (1972) VI. 222 He did give us the meanest dinner—of beef—shoulder and umbles of venison.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique Black Puddings;..the best Method to make them..is, to boil the Umbles of a Hog tender.
1736 Compl. Family-piece i. ii. 131 An Umble Pye. Take the Umbles of a Deer, parboil them, clear off all the Fat from them.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iii. 81 Where..monarchs..amused themselves with broiling the umbles, or dowsets, of the deer, upon the glowing embers.
b. transferred and figurative (of persons).
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the world > life > the body > internal organs > [noun]
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entrailc1330
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inwardness1388
bowelc1440
paunch?c1475
umbles1536
parts entire1596
inmeat1616
in-parta1629
internalsa1629
giblet1647
viscera1651
pluck1711
viscus1728
inside1741
trollibags1824
innards1825
interior1835
splanchnology1842
work1884
1536 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 137 I trust shortly to wash my hands in ye umbles of ye..knaves.
1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. F A good well set fellow, if his spirit Be answerable to his vmbles.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. vi. 175 I'll give them leave to give mine umbles to the kites and ravens if they find me conferring my confidence where it is not safe.
2. attributive in umble-pie. (Cf. humble pie n., and numble pie n. at numbles n. Compounds.)
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > pie > [noun] > meat-pie
rafiolea1425
shred-pie1573
Florentine1579
marrowbone pie1595
marrow pie1598
meat pie1607
mutton pie1607
olive pie1615
venison piea1616
flesh-pie1616
veal (and ham) piea1625
godiveau1653
lumber-pie1656
mermaid pie1661
umble-pie1663
humble piea1665
trotter-pie1693
stump pie1695
mugget pie1696
pot-pie1702
squab-pie1708
pork pie1723
steak pie1723
Perigord pie1751
pasticcio1772
fidget pie1790
muggety pie1800
numble pie1822
Florentine pie1823
pastilla1834
kidney-pie1836
beef-steak pie1841
stand pie1872
Melton Mowbray1875
timbale1880
pâté en croûte1929
tourtière1953
growler1989
1663 S. Pepys Diary 8 July (1971) IV. 221 Mrs. Turner..did bring us an Umble-pie hot out of her oven.
1683 Accomplisht Lady's Delight 17 A dish of fruits. 18 An umble pye.
1728 E. Smith Compl. Housewife (ed. 2) A viij First Course..Westphalia-Ham and Chickens..Venison Pasty..Umble-Pies.
1736 N. Bailey Dict. Domesticum (at cited word) [To make] An Umble Pye. Boil the umbles of a deer till they are very tender [etc.].
1864 J. R. Lowell McClellan or Lincoln? in Prose Wks. (1890) V. 158 Disguise it as you will, flavor it as you will, call it what you will, umble-pie is umble-pie, and nothing else.
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