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The central part or point of anything; the middle. Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. Milton.

e in which the fruit incloses a small secondary fruit, the rind showing on the exterior a navel-like pit or depression at the apex. There are several varieties; they are usually seedless, or nearly so, and are much grown in California.

The umbilical cord.

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

To unite; to connect. [Obs.] the use of the navel is to continue the infant unto the mother. Sir T. browne.

A cord; specifically, the umbilical cord or navel string.

The navelwort.

n color, and when fresh of the consistence of honey, obtained from a bag being behind the navel of the male musk deer. It has a slightly bitter taste, but is specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various ot…

The navel. [Obs.] hak.

halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.

Of or pertaining to the umbilicus, or navel.

A combining form indicating connection with, or relation to, the umbilicus, or navel.

A hernia at the navel.

Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have. Crabb.

A name of the Hesychasts, from their habit of gazing upon the navel.

The navel.

The operation of dividing the navel-string.

The navel; the center. [Obs.] "The umbilic of the world." Sir T. Herbert.

Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umbilicus; as, an umbilicated smallpox vesicle.

A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle; also, the condition of being umbilicated.