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Navel gall

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[=i]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.

  2. The central part or point of anything; the middle.

    Within the navel of this hideous wood, Immured in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells.
    --Milton.

  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.

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navel gall

n. (context obsolete English) A bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle.