umbles, humbles

pl. [For numbles (q.v.).] The entrails of a deer; sometimes applied to entrails generally. ŭm-bō' ( pl. ŭm-bō-nēş), s. [Lat.; Fr. umbon; Ital. umbone.] 1. Old Arm . The pointed bo or protuberant part of a shield. "Such a bowl is peculiarly well adapted for the umbo of the shield."-Murray: Greek Sculpture, ch. iii. 2. Anatomy: The deepest part of the arched membrane of the drum of the ear, corresponding to the termination of the handle of the malleus (q. v.). 3. Botany : The bo -like protuberance rising upward from the center of the pileus in an Agaric, . umbrageous umbonal-area, s. ron. 2. Astronomy: The name given by Dawes to the black central portion of a sun-spot (q. v.). He limits the designation nucleus to patches of deeper blackne occasionally noticed in the umbræ, though the term is sometimes applied to the whole of the darker area. The fringe of lighter shade surrounding a sun-spot is called the penumbra. "Cases of an umbra without a penumbra, and the contrary, are on record."-G. F. Chambers Descriptive Astronomy , p. 6. In senses 1 and 2, there is a plural um -bræ. 3. Ichthy.: The sole genus of Umbride (q. v.), with two species: Umbra krameri , a small fish three or four inches long, from stagnant waters in Austria and Hungary; and U. limi , rather smaller, locally distributed in the United States, where it is known as the Dog-fish or Mud-fish. [UMBRINA.] umbra-tree, s . Bot : Pircunia dioica , an absorbent Phytolaccad from Buenos Ayres. *um-brāçed, a. [VAMBRACED.] *um-bra-cle, subst . [Lat. umbraculum , dim in. from umbra =a shade.) A shade; umbrage. "That Free, that Soul-refreshing umbracle ." Davies: Holy Roode , p. 15. um-brăc-u-lif-er-ous, a. [Latin umbraculum (q. v.); fero =to bear, and Eng. suff. -ous .] Bot.: Bearing an umbraculum (q. v.). um-brăc-u-li-form, a . [Latin umbraculum =a. little shade, and form a =form.] Forming a shade; umbrella-shaped, like a mushroom. um-brăc-u-lŭm ( pl. ŭm-brăc-u-lạ), s. [Lat., dim in. from umbra a shade.] Bot .: (1) A convex body terminating the setæ of Marchantia, and bearing on its under side the reproductive organs; (2) any similar structure. ŭm'-brage (age as Ig), s. [O. Fr. ombrage, um brage (Fr. ombrage ), from ombre (Lat. umbra )=a. Shade F *1. A shadow. ( Shakesp.: Hamlet, v. 2.) *2. A shade; a shadow; obscurity. "In the deep umbrage of a green hill's shade." Byron: Childe Harold, iv. 32. 3. That which affords a shade; spec., a screen of trees or foliage. "So deep, so dark, so close the umbrage o'er us, No leaflet stirred." Cole ridge: The Night Scene. *4. A shadow of suspicion cast upon a person; slight appearance or show. "It is also evident that S. Peter did not carry himself so as to give the least overture or umbrage to make any one suspect he had any such preeminence."- Bp . Taylor: Di uasive from Popery , pt. i., § 8. *5. Suspicion, suspiciousne . "I say, just fear, not out of umbrages , light jealousies, apprehensions afar off, but of clear foresight of imminent danger."- Bacon : War with Spain. *6. A faint representation or appearance; a glimpse. "You rejoice in false lights, or are delighted with little umbrayes or peep of day." Taylor: Sermon to University of Dublin. *7. An adumbration; a shadowing forth. "Some of them being umbrages realities." Fuller: Holy War, bk. v., ch. xxv. rather than 8. The feeling of being overshadowed: jealousy of IMG:content-1651.png:[blocks in formation] valve commences in the Conch if era. The Shield. umbones are near the hinge because that side grows least rapidly, sometimes they are situated on the margin, but they always become wider apart with age. They may be straight, as in the genus Pecten; curved, as in Venus, or spiral, as in I so cardia and Diceras.