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[syn: navel, navel point]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nombril \Nom"bril\, n. [F. nombril, for OF. lombril, i. e.,
ombril, with the article, a dim. fr. L. umbilicus the navel.
See Navel.] (Her.)
A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base
point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See
Escutcheon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Navel \Na"vel\ (n[=a]"v'l), n. [AS. nafela, fr. nafu nave; akin
to D. navel, G. nabel, OHG. nabolo, Icel. nafli, Dan. navle,
Sw. nafle, L. umbilicus, Gr. 'omfalo`s, Skr. n[=a]bh[imac]la.
[root]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.
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2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
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Within the navel of this hideous wood,
Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells.
--Milton.
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3. (Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for
securing it to a carriage.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
navel point
n 1: the center point or middle of something; "the Incas
believed that Cuzco was the navel of the universe" [syn:
navel, navel point]