| Navew | n. [ OE. navel, naveau, a dim. fr. L. napus navew. Cf. Napiform. ] (Bot.) A kind of small turnip, a variety of Brassica campestris. See Brassica. [ Written also naphew. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Navel | 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. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The central part or point of anything; the middle. [ 1913 Webster ] Within the navel of this hideous wood,
Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. (Gun.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| navel orange | . A type of orange 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
