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Definition of Offal
1. Noun. Viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans.
Definition of Offal
1. n. The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal.
Definition of Offal
1. Noun. The rejected or waste parts of a butchered animal. ¹
2. Noun. The internal organs of an animal other than a bird, these organs being used as food. ¹
3. Noun. A dead body. ¹
4. Noun. Carrion. ¹
5. Noun. That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Offal
1. waste material [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Offal
Literary usage of Offal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on the Beef Industry, March 3, 1905 by United States Bureau of Corporations (1905)
"the amounts for the three companies individually: Tongues, 40 cents; offal not
requiring manufacture, 42 cents; offal requiring manufacture, 71 cents. ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"offal In an ordinance prohibiting Hie deposit of garbage or offal In certain
places, the words "garbage" and "offal" were defined to include every refuse ..."
3. Foods by Edward Smith (1876)
"THE offal of animals consists of the skin, feet, tail, horns, head, and tongue;
of the lungs, liver, spleen, omentum, pancreas, and heart, which constitute ..."
4. Text-book of Meat Hygiene: With Special Consideration to Ante-mortem and by Richard Heinrich Edelmann, John Robbins Mohler (1908)
"Albumen was formerly made from blood offal, but its production is now diminishing.
Recently efforts have been directed toward utilizing the dried and ground ..."
5. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1865)
"offal. This, bearing its derivation on its front, namely that it is that which,
as refuse and of little or no worth, is suffered or caused to fall off, ..."
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