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The umbilical cord.

A European perennial succulent herb (Cotyledon umbilicus), having round, peltate leaves with a central depression; -- also called pennywort, and kidneywort.

A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica. [Writen also naphew.]

Shaped like a boat; cymbiform; scaphoid; as, the navicular glumes of most grasses; the navicular bone. Navicular bone. (Anat.) (a) One of the middle bones of the tarsus, corresponding to the centrale; -- called also scaphoid. (b) A proximal bone on the radial side of the carpus; the scaphoid. -- Navicular disease (Far…

The quality or condition of being navigable; navigableness.

Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels; as, a navigable river.

To joirney by water; to go in a vessel or ship; to perform the duties of a navigator; to use the waters as a highway or channel for commerce or communication; to sail. The Phenicians navigated to the extremities of the Western Ocean. Arbuthnot.

The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.

One who navigates or sails; esp., one who direct the course of a ship, or one who is skillful in the art of navigation; also, a book which teaches the art of navigation; as, Bowditch's Navigator.

Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels. [R.] Blount.

Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc. [Eng.]

A fleet of ships; an assemblage of merchantmen, or so many as sail in company. "The navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir." 1 kings x. 11.

Prussian blue.

A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.

An awl. [Obs.] usser.

d, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes. And eke when I say "ye," ne say not "nay." Chaucer. I tell you nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewisr perish. Luke xiii. 3. And now do they thrust us out privily nay, verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. Acts xvi. 37. He that will not when…

A specied of wild sheep (Ovis Hodgsonii), native of Nepaul and Thibet. It has a dorsal mane and a white ruff beneath the neck.

To refuse; to deny. [Obs.] "He shall not nayt ne deny his sin." Chaucer.

The negative side. [R.] Howe'er you lean to the nayward. Shak.

A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword. [Obs.] hak.