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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
offal \of"fal\, noun [Off + fall.]
1. The rejected or waste parts of any process, especially the inedible parts of a butchered animal, such as the viscera. [1913 Webster +PJC]
2. A dead body; carrion. --Shak.
3. That which is thrown away as worthless or unfit for use; refuse; rubbish.
The offals of other professions. --South.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
offal
noun: 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
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