Offal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  offal \of"fal\, n. [Off + fall.]
     1. The rejected or waste parts of any process, especially the
        inedible parts of a butchered animal, such as the viscera.
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     2. A dead body; carrion. --Shak.


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     3. That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use;
        refuse; rubbish.
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              The offals of other professions.      --South.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  offal
       n : viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered
           inedible by humans

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "offal":
     bilge, bilgewater, bones, carrion, chaff, culm, deadwood, debris,
     dishwater, ditchwater, draff, dregs, dust, filings, garbage, gash,
     hogwash, husks, junk, leavings, lees, litter, offscourings, orts,
     parings, potsherds, rags, raspings, refuse, riffraff, rubbish,
     scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, scurf, sewage, sewerage,
     shards, shavings, slack, slag, slop, slops, slough, stubble,
     sweepings, swill, tares, trash, wastage, waste, waste matter,
     wastepaper, weeds