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numbles Now only arch.|ˈnʌmb(ə)lz|
Forms: α. 4 noubles (?), 4–6 noumbles (5 -buls, nownbils), 5 nowm(b)elys, 6 Sc. nowmyllis. β. 4, 6–7, 9 numbles. γ. 6–7 noombles, 5–6, 9 nombles.
[a. OF. numbles (1239 in Du Cange), nombles pl. (Latinized as numbli, numbuli, and numbilia), loin of veal, fillet of beef or venison, chine of pork, app. for *lomble(s) and repr. L. lumbulus (Pliny), dim. of lumbus loin. In Norman dial., nombles has the same sense as that usual in English. Variant forms are umbles and humble.]
Certain of the inward parts of an animal (chiefly those of a deer) as used for food. Also, in early use, part of the back and loins of a hart.
αc1320Sir Tristr. 491 Þe wombe oway he bare, Þe noubles he ȝaf to mede. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1347 So ryde þay of by resoun bi þe rygge bonez, Euenden to þe haunche,..& hwen hit of þere, & þat þay neme for þe noumbles, bi nome as I trowe. c1420Liber Cocorum (1862) 10 Take þe noumbuls of þe veneson, In water and salt þo wasshe hom sone. c1440Promp. Parv. 360/1 Nowmelys of a beest (K. nowmbelys), burbalia. 1483Cath. Angl. 256/2 Þe Nownbils of a dere,..pepinum. 1508Burgh Rec. Edin. (1869) I. 114 At thai sell nocht oppinly..thair nolt heids, nowmyllis, nor interallis of thair flesche. 1530Palsgr. 248/2 Noumbles of a dere or beest, entrailles.
β1333–4Durh. Acct. Rolls 21 In..iij paribus de Numbles. c1500Wyl Bucke's Test. (Halliw.) 60 Take the numbleis, and loke that they be clene. 1531Elyot Gov. iii. vii. (1880) II. 253 His glorious harte, as it were numbles chopped in peaces. 1575in Brand Newcastle (1789) II. 721 Of every purpose [= porpoise] to have the fynnes and the head and the numbles. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage iv. vii. 371 Some, it is reported, lay a part of the Numbles on the fire. 1857Fraser's Mag. LVI. 217 Commend us to a venison pudding, composed of the numbles and trimmings from the joints and breast.
attrib.1822T. L. Peacock Maid Marian 241 Robin helped him largely to numble-pie..and the other dainties of his table.
γ14..Lat.-Eng. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 569 Burbilium, nombles. c1430Two Cookery-bks. 10 Take þe Nombles of Venysoun, an cutte hem smal whyle þey ben raw. 1486Bk. St. Albans, Hawking e vij b, The man to his mayster spekyth..Off the nomblys of the hert that he wolde hym kith How mony endys ther shall be hem with inne. 1575Turberv. Venerie 129 You shall take the harts heart..and rayse the Noombles from his fillets. 1688Holme Armoury ii. 188/1 Noombles, or Umbles; the Hart or Bucks plucks, as Heart, Lights, Liver, with other appendices. 1820Scott Monast. xvii, If you be so heavy, I will content me with the best.., and that's the haunch and the nombles. |