numbles
11nombles — variant of numbles * * * /num beuhlz/, n.pl. numbles. * * * nombles /numˈblz/ a variant of numbles (see ↑umbles) …
12Nombles — 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] …
13humble pie — [17] Until the 19th century, humble pie was simply a pie made from the internal organs of a deer or other animal (‘Mrs Turner did bring us an umble pie hot out of her oven’, Samuel Pepys, Diary 8 July 1663). Humble has no etymological connection… …
14humble — {{11}}humble (adj.) mid 13c., from O.Fr. humble, earlier humele, from L. humilis lowly, humble, lit. on the ground, from humus earth. Senses of not self asserting and of low birth or rank were both in M.E. Related: Humbly; humbleness. Don t be so …
15umbles — /ˈʌmbəlz/ (say umbuhlz) plural noun → numbles. {variant of numbles} …
16humble pie — [17] Until the 19th century, humble pie was simply a pie made from the internal organs of a deer or other animal (‘Mrs Turner did bring us an umble pie hot out of her oven’, Samuel Pepys, Diary 8 July 1663). Humble has no etymological connection… …
17um|bles — «UHM buhlz», noun (plural). Obsolete. the heart, liver, lungs, and other edible internal parts of an animal, especially of a deer; numbles. ╂[variant of numbles] …
18humblepie — humble pie n. A pie formerly made from the edible organs of a deer or hog. Idiom: eat humble pie To be forced to apologize abjectly or admit one s faults in humiliating circumstances. [Alteration (influenced by humble), of obsolete umble pie… …
19humble pie — 1. humility forced upon someone, often under embarrassing conditions; humiliation. 2. Obs. a pie made of the viscera and other inferior parts of deer or the like. 3. eat humble pie, to be forced to apologize humbly; suffer humiliation: He had to… …
20nombles — /num beuhlz/, n.pl. numbles. * * * …
