
Noah Webster
Umbrage
UM'BRAGE, noun [Latin umbra, a shade.]
1. A shade; a screen of trees; as the umbrage of woods.
2. Shadow; shade; slight appearance.
The opinion carries no show of truth nor umbrage of reason on its side. [See Shadow.]
3. Suspicion of injury; offense; resentment. The court of France took umbrage at the conduct of spain.