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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.

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Etymology 1 vb. (en-third-person singular of: humble) Etymology 2

alt. (context archaic English) Entrails of a deer. n. (context archaic English) Entrails of a deer.

Usage examples of "humbles".

By that mysterious law of Nature, which humbles one to exalt the other, ye have thriven upon their ruins.

A curtain of stars, miles of them, are scattered, glowing, across the sky and their multitude humbles me, which I have a hard time tolerating.