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Webster 1913 Edition

Navel

Na′vel

(nā′v’l)
,
Noun.
[AS.
nafela
, fr.
nafu
nave; akin to D.
navel
, G.
nabel
, OHG.
nabolo
, Icel.
nafli
, Dan.
navle
, Sw.
nafle
, L.
umbilicus
, Gr.
ὀμφαλός
, Skr.
nābhīla
. √260. See
Nave
hub, and cf.
Omphalic
,
Nombril
,
Umbilical
.]
1.
(Anat.)
A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus; called also
belly button
in humans. See
Umbilicus
.
2.
The central part or point of anything; the middle.
Within the
navel
of this hideous wood,
Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells.
Milton.
3.
(Gun.)
An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
Navel gall
,
a bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle.
Johnson.
–
Navel point
.
(Her.)
Same as
Nombril
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Navel

NAVEL

,
Noun.
The center of the lower part of the abdomen, or the point where the umbilical cord passes out of the fetus. The umbilical cord is a collection of vessels by which the fetus of an animal communicates with the parent by means of the placenta, to which it is attached.

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