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Na"vel (nā"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. nābhīla. √260.
See Nave hub, and cf. Omphalic, Nombril,
Umbilical.] 1. (Anat.) A mark or
depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. 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.

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.

Na"vel-string` (?), n. The
umbilical cord.

Na"vel*wort` (?), n.


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