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naveln. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with Old Frisian navla , naula , Middle Dutch nauel , navel , navele , naffel , naffele , etc. (Dutch navel ), Middle Low German nāvel , nawel , naffel , Old High German nabalo , nabulo , napalo , napolo , etc. (Middle High German nabel , nabele , German Nabel ), Old Icelandic nafli , Swedish navel , Danish navle < an extended form of the base of nave n.1, shown also by ancient Greek ὀμϕαλός omphalos n., classical Latin umbilīcus umbilicus n., and Early Irish imbliu, imliu navel, shield boss, central point. 1. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [noun] > navel α. eOE (1890) 121/1 Umbilicus, nabula. eOE tr. Orosius (BL Add.) (1980) iv. i. 84 He genedde under ænne elpent þæt he hiene on þone nafelan ofstang. eOE (Kentish) Glosses to Proverbs of Solomon (Vesp. D.vi) in U. Kalbhen (2003) 118 Umbiculo [read umbilico] tuo : þinum nafelan. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius (Vitell.) (1984) ii. 40 Gif men innan wyrmas eglen..nim ða sylfan wyrte [sc. waybread], gecnuca, lege on þone naflan [?a1200 Harl. 6258B on þæne næfelen]. c1225 (?c1200) (Bodl.) (1938) 12 (MED) Snikeð in & ut neddren..et muð & et earen, ed ehnen & ed neauele [v.rr. neuele, nauele]. ?a1300 Vision St. Paul (Digby) 104 in (1879) 62 404/1 (MED) Hoe þat euere wedlak brekeþ þe flod to heere nauele takeþ. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham (1902) 42 (MED) Me schel þe mannes lenden anelye, Þe nauele of þe femele. a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. iii. 8 Helthe forsothe shal ben in thi nauele [a1425 L.V. nawle]. c1400 (?c1380) 459 (MED) Al arn we membrez of Jesu Kryst, As heued and arme and legg and naule Temen to hys body. ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 24 (MED) It had þe schappe of a man fra þe nauel dunward. 1485 (Caxton) vi. xii. sig. l.iij Launcelot..smote hym on the sholder, and clafe hym to the nauel. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1960) xii. v. 134 The wovyn gyrdill..abufe his navill was beltit. 1599 J. Davies 94 Children while within the wombe they liue Feede by the nauill. 1646 Sir T. Browne 239 The use of the Navell is to continue the infant unto the Mother. View more context for this quotation 1695 W. W. 37 Run into the Belly about two Inches above the Navel. 1727 A. Hamilton I. xxiv. 295 They were all naked above the Navel. 1774 J. Bryant (new ed.) I. 245 The Deity was worshipped under the form of a navel. 1805 14 361 It likewise reached..almost to the navel. 1849 J. R. Lowell Oriental Apol. in 12 Apr. 182/1 [He] lifted not His eyes from off his navel's mystic knot. 1914 T. A. Cook xx. 426 In Sandro Botticelli's Venus..the line containing the figure from the top of the head to the soles of the feet is divided, at the navel, into the exact proportions given by that ancient formula the ‘Golden Section’. 1958 B. Nichols x. 132 Even worse, waists plummeted nine inches, to remain suspended somewhere below the navel. 1988 D. C. Blood & V. P. Studdert 950/1 Umbilicus,..called also navel. It is usually only depressed in the human abdomen and is inconspicuous in most domestic species. 1993 21 Nov. ix. 1/3 At Isaac Mizrahi's show the two came out together, navels bared and beringed between cropped sweaters and ball skirts. the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > meditate, reflect [verb (intransitive)] > regard navel society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > get exemption [verb (intransitive)] > reject responsibility or involvement 1854 July 257/2 Therefore..every man who has contemplated his own navel until he is solemnly convinced that he has seen to the bottom of it..is cocksure that he can help the world. 1891 R. W. Buchanan 14 And like a dervish contemplate My very navel till it grows The central whirligig of Fate. 1933 E. O'Neill (1934) i. 21 His letters..extolled passionless contemplation so passionately that I had a mental view of him regarding his navel frenziedly by the hour and making nothing of it! 1966 24 Nov. 770/1 One sits in a New York traffic jam, contemplating, as it were, the city's navel, and the conclusion is inevitable that death from a combination of congestion and suffocation is not far off. 1975 2 June 12/8 Lift our eyes for a moment from the contemplation of our own unlovely navels and look out to where..our fellow human beings live. 1991 13 May 4/8 Mr Cockburn said the Post Office ‘could not stop the world while the unions contemplated their navels’. 2. The centre or middle point of something. the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre > of a land, sea, or forest OE (Corpus Cambr. 196) 24 June 132 Hierusalem seo ceaster ys geseted on myddre eorðan, ond heo ys cweden umbilicus terre, þæt ys eorðan nafola. a1382 (Bodl. 959) Judges ix. 37 Lo, þe puple fro þe nouel [a1425 L.V. myddis; L. umbilico] of þe erþe comeþ down. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 41 Þe þridde ilond..stondeþ..as it were in þe nauel of þe see. 1481 W. Caxton tr. (1893) clxxi. 253 This Cyte standeth as it were in the nauyll of the londe of Byheste. a1525 in W. A. Craigie (1923) I. 162/15 Vther swelchis..are in the occeane as is the west cleif of Litill Brettane and it is callit the litill navill of the see. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin (lxxiv. 12) Situate as it were in the navle of the world. 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. xli. 27/1 in (new ed.) II Some thinke this to be the middle part or nauill of that prouince. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 126 Euen when the Nauell of the State was touch'd, They would not thred the Gates. View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Milton 18 Within the navill of this hideous wood..A Sorcerer dwells. 1695 W. Kennett i. 2 Whether any Indigence kept always here in the navel of the land, as Cesar reports. 1747 W. Collins 28 'Midst the green Navel of our Isle. 1834 J. Wilson in 36 17 On the green navel of the lake. 1878 T. L. Kington-Oliphant iii. 212 Derby may be called the philological navel of England. 1937 Aug. 138 ‘Navel of the Nation’ the state was once called by Senator John J. Ingalls, for it contains..the geographical center of the country. 1986 B. Fussell vi. xxv. 476 The artichoke navel of the world is Castroville near Half Moon Bay, just south of San Francisco. the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > middle or centre 1604 B. Jonson 349 May thousand branches..stile this Land, the Nauill of their peace. 1608 T. Middleton sig. G2 'Tis now about the nauill of the day. 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart 140 Admitting the light at the top Center or Navil only, without any Lantern. 1718 P. Rae v. 287 40 or 50 stately Fellows..armed each..[with] a strong handsome Target with a sharp-pointed Steel..screw'd into the Navel of it, on his Left Arm. 1875 A. Trollope I. xxxv. 222 At that time, Melmotte was not the strong rock,..the very navel of the commercial enterprise of the world,—as all men now regarded him. 1895 H. R. Haggard xi The very navel of this ancient..civilisation. 1983 June 24/3 Cyprus was the navel of Byzantine culture. 1997 S. Plumpp 20 Your music, its tentacles of excavation, reaching towards the navel of memory. the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > body or parts of horse > [noun] > back or types of > withers 1684 No. 1937/4 A new sore caused by a Pillion on the navle of his back. 1697 No. 3337/4 Having on the Naple of the Back a place that looks as if it was formerly burnt. 1713 No. 4880/4 A little swell'd on the Navel with an old Saddle Gall. 3. A depression resembling or likened to the umbilicus. the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [noun] a1425 (a1399) Forme of Cury (BL Add.) 130 in C. B. Hieatt & S. Butler (1985) 127 Take Laumpreys and sle hem with vynegur..slyt hem a litel at þe nauell. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil iv. 83 In nauel of quicksands his corps vntumbed abyding. 1688 R. Holme ii. 85/1 The umbil is the navel, or daulk in any fruit, just against the stalk. 1766 at Service-tree Roundish berries,..which have a depressed navel on the top. 1796 J. Morse (new ed.) II. 19 That dreadful vortex, or whirlpool, called by navigators the navel of the sea. 1992 D. Adams xv. 164 According to Old Thrashbarg, the planet had been found fully formed in the navel of a giant earwig at four-thirty one Vroonday afternoon. the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > axil or part where leaf meets stem ?c1450 in (1896) 18 326 (MED) In euery nowele sche beryth here flowris. 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie ii. iv. xxxvi. 63 From the Navel of every Leaf a Fig will infallibly grow. the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [noun] 1681 N. Grew i. §vi. ii. 141 When I speak..of the Navle, [I mean] the peeked end of the shell, which for the most part stands behind the Base. 1712 (Royal Soc.) 27 352 The last is very like our English Hedge Snail, but without Girdles, and has a small Navel. 1755 Jan. 32/1 Navel,..an aperture in the base of a shell near the center. 1776 E. M. da Costa x. 218 Umbilicated Whelks, or those that have a perpendicular hollow or navel aside the columella or pillar-lip. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > parts of wheels > hub or nave c1425 (c1395) (Bodl. 296) vii. 33 Nauelstockis [a1425 Royal the extrees, and the naue stockis..weren ȝotun]. 1535 1 Kings vii. 33 Their axeltrees, spokes, nales [1537 Bible (Matthew's) : 1 Kings nauelles] & shaftes were all molten. 1541 in J. B. Paul (1908) VIII. 119 Treis of elm to be navillis to quhelis. 1617 in J. Imrie & J. G. Dunbar (1982) II. 41 For xx iron bandis to put upoun the endis of the navillis. a1640 P. Massinger (1976) ii. iii. 105 His bodie bee the nauell to the wheele In which your rapiers like so many spokes Shall meete and fix them selues. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > orange > types of orange 1882 Dec. 58/2 He can go into his orchard and concern himself about his Navel or Brazilian varieties..without let or hindrance. 1888 68 These trees..were called..the ‘Washington’ or ‘Riverside’ Navel, to distinguish the variety from the Australian Navel. 1926 Dec. 764 Herein flourish the main crop of navels and valentias. 1949 W. Hertrich 9 By this time the navel orchard adjoining my home property fortunately had been abandoned and planted to alfalfa. 1976 (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 276/2 Fr[uit] large, seedless, thick-skinned, with prominent navel at one end formed by additional carpels produced inside the flesh. 1986 J. A. Samson (ed. 2) v. 88 A navel is a small secondary fruit, pushed towards the top of the primary fruit. 1995 12 Oct. 10/5 EU citrus growers have opted to grow alternative varieties including Navel. Compounds C1. a. the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > axil or part where leaf meets stem 1766 at Vegetation Between the roots and ascending stem, the trunk of the plant is knit by the navel knot to the flower-leaf. 1947 V. Watkins (ed. 2) This navel-knot Fastens my moving to the great rock-mother. the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [noun] > umbilical cord 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré xxiv. vii. 892 The umbilicall veine or navell veine, entering into the body of the child. 1671 J. Sharp iv. iv. 215 If the Child be very weak when it is born, put back gently the natural blood by the Navel vein. b. the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > specific height 1663 A. Wood (1891) I. 479 Railed in with a rayl navel high. 1749 J. Cleland II. 153 He had then little to do, but to unloose the strings of my petticoat, and lift them, together with my shift, navel-high, where he just tuck'd them up loosely girt. 1852 W. N. Brady (ed. 6) 73 They [sc. foot ropes] should be long enough when in their place to allow a man to stand navel-high along the boom. 1987 T. Harrison (ed. 2) 42 And to the woven wrapper worn exactly navel high, All's bare but for ju-jus. 1834 S. Cooper (ed. 4) IV. 497 They are not navel-shaped, like those of small-pox. 1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat xxi. 672 A small navel-shaped aperture bears male flowers at the entrance and female flowers farther inside. C2. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of abdomen or diaphragm > [noun] > hernia of umbilicus 1589 J. Rider 986 That is navell-burst, exomphalus. the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > matter for contemplation > contemplation of navel 1921 D. H. Lawrence 2 May (1962) II. 650 Your Nirvana is too much a one-man show: leads inevitably to navel-contemplation. 1974 27 June 18/3 To fight off the navel-contemplation mood induced by our move of office. 1986 Q Oct. 76/1 Writing with these musicians has forced Simon to look up from navel-contemplation towards the open sky of entertainment. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [noun] > initiation into mysteries > initiate society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > mysticism > [noun] > false > person society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > quietism > [noun] > contemplating navel > person 1856 R. A. Vaughan I. vi. vii. 300 They call these devotees Navel-contemplators. 1986 (Nexis) 11 Apr. i. 19 We are in Los Angeles where the sun shines, the night life sparkles, and navel-contemplators of the world unite. 1890 19 390 The navel cord of a male infant is preserved, and worn suspended from the neck by the mother till the child is about five years of age. 1922 J. Joyce ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 374 Our grandam, which we are linked up with by successive anastomosis of navelcords. 1981 J. Halliday & J. Halliday in K. Thear & A. Fraser iv. 92/1 The navel cord is still fleshy and is a passage through which bacteria can pass into the kid so it should always be dressed. the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of birds > [noun] > disorders of pigeons 1735 J. Moore 17 The next Distemper is what the fancy calls Navel-fallen; in this Case, there is a kind of a Bag hanging down near the Vent. the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > axil or part where leaf meets stem > fibres on 1672 N. Grew vii. 179 Both the places where the Navel-Fibres shoot. 1857 W. Whewell (ed. 3) III. 344 Thus, Grew terms the innermost coat of the seed, the secundine; speaks of the navel-fibres etc. 1952 L. MacNeice 37 Crystal-gazers, navel-gazers. 1990 C. Bellavita 39 A contemplative is not a navel-gazer, isolated from and indifferent to the injustice and suffering that surrounds. the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > [noun] > matter for contemplation > contemplation of navel 1959 25 242 Contemporary Americans are inclined to regard such activities as navel-gazing, and to be more interested in the practical utility of models and specific operational techniques. 1972 10 July 27/2 David Obst has no monopoly on national navel-gazing. 1990 27 July 19/6 Navel-gazing has taught these men and women to accept that there has to be someone in authority for the firm to work. 1671 J. Sharp ix. 160 When the child is born into the world then these Vessels as they hang without from the Navel serve for no other use but to be knit fast and to make a strong band to cover the Navel-hole. 1828 W. Carr (ed. 2) Navel-Hole, the hole in the centre of a mill-stone, into which the grain is cast by the hopper. the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle, horse, or sheep > [noun] > disorders of cattle or sheep > other disorders 1834 W. Youatt 558 The navel-ill is a far more serious business than some imagine. 1888 W. Williams (ed. 5) 306 From the fact that the umbilicus is often involved in the tumefaction, the disease has been called ‘navel-ill’. 1963 4 Mar. 19/1 For generations we were deterred by bogies like—lamb dysentery, navel ill, foot rot and twin lamb disease. 1981 J. Halliday & J. Halliday in K. Thear & A. Fraser iv. 102/2 Navel ill is normally seen as a swelling on the umbilicus in the first few days of life. the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > fruit or a fruit > citrus fruit > [noun] > orange > types of orange the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > citrus fruit > orange > types of orange 1846 D. J. Browne 58 Navel Golden-Fruited Orange-tree. The author of the present work claims the honour of first introducing this variety into the United States.] 1856 29 Feb. 256/2 The Navel orange, of Brazil. 1888 68 The varieties of the Navel orange, their origin, manner of introduction, etc. 1949 A. Wilson 41 Oranges of all sizes..from the tiny nartjies, through tangerines and green mandarins to the great navel oranges. 1986 J. A. Samson (ed. 2) v. 90 Navel oranges..are used primarily in the fresh state. society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > escutcheon or shield > [noun] > one of nine fixed positions > other points 1725 J. Coats (rev. ed.) at Point There are nine principal Points in any Escutcheon... F. the Nombril Point, that is, the Navel Point. G. the Dexter Base. H. the Sinister Base. I. the precise Middle Base. ?1828 W. Berry I. sig. Eee4/1 Nombril, or Navel Point, is the next below the fesse-point, or the very centre of the escocheon. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of abdomen or diaphragm > [noun] > hernia of umbilicus 1698 J. Fryer 21 Their Children..are much troubled with the Navel-Rupture. 1744 (Royal Soc.) 41 816 She has been in good Health ever since this wonderful Accident happened; only she has a Navel-rupture, owing to the Ignorance of the Man in not applying a proper Bandage. 1850 J. Laurie 444 In cases where there is an evident tendency to navel rupture, we may take the half of a nutmeg, cover it with very soft linen,..then press the apex into the umbilical opening. the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > belly or abdomen > [noun] > navel 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca f. 72 A stake..from riued grine to th'nauell stead within his wombe it raught. 1615 H. Crooke 81 Issuing out at the nauill-stead. c1425Nauelstockis [see sense 4]. the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [noun] > stone marking the centre society > communication > indication > marking > [noun] > boundary stone 1850 J. S. Blackie 193 The Earth's navel-stone So holy reputed, All gouted with blood, With fresh murder polluted, Behold, O behold! 1917 IX. 492/2 Zeus, wishing to ascertain the exact centre of the earth, sent forth two eagles to fly simultaneously... They met at Delphi, and there in Apollo's temple was set up in commemoration the holy Navel-stone..to mark earth's central point. 1959 74 64 The return from the oracle is the navel stone of the play. 1986 A. V. Garvie in Aeschylus 340 The shrine where stands the navel-stone at the centre of the earth. 1977 (Nexis) 9 Oct. e5 The..jeweller..works only in solid gold or sugar to create his navel studs, armpit jewels and pornographic rings for the beautiful people. 1998 (Electronic ed.) 15 Dec. b9 Miller, in classical Indian garb, sang the role of Savitri with a soprano as lambent as her navel stud. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). naveladj. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: navel n. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a specific use of navel n. (compare sense 2b at that entry), with the sense ‘central’ or ‘middle’. Compare nave-line n., navel line n. Perhaps compare navel-gall n.The form naval appears to arise from a folk-etymological association with naval adj. and n. Nautical. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > curved middle timber of frame 1626 J. Smith 8 First lay the Keele..then lay all the Flore timbers... Next your Nauell timbers. 1627 J. Smith ii. 3 The Sweepe or Mould of the Foot-hookes and Nauell timbers. 1841 R. H. Dana 107 Futtock-timbers, those timbers between the floor and navel timbers and the top timbers. 1985 J. E. Garland iii. 32 The frames are made up of as many as eleven pieces at the midsection, starting with the heavy crosswise floor that rests on the keel and working up either side, each overlapping the other, through the navel timber, the first and second futtocks, or flitches, the top timber, the planksheer, and ultimately the stanchion above the deck. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > timbers at hawse-hole 1750 T. R. Blanckley 110 Navel Hoods are large Pieces of Stuff fayd against the Hawse Holes, and fills out to the outer Edge of the Cheeks, to keep the Cable from wearing them. 1769 W. Falconer at Building The navel-hoods [are] fayed on the hawse-holes. 1815 W. Burney (rev. ed.) at Hood Naval Hoods, or Hawse-Bolsters,..large pieces of plank, or thick stuff, wrought above and below the hawse-holes. 1850 J. Greenwood 135 Navel hoods, broad pieces of oak, from 6 to 10 inches thick..worked afore the hawse-holes on the outside of the ship, and likewise above and below them in those ships which have no cheeks to support a bolster. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Hawse-box, or Naval Hood, pieces of plank bolted outside round each of the hawse-holes, to support the projecting part of the hawse-pipe. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > chain pipe society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in side of vessel > at bow or stern > for cables > pipe lining 1882 G. S. Nares (ed. 6) 4 Chain or Naval-pipes.—For leading the cable through, as it passes up from one deck to another, from the chain-lockers. 1997 May 86/2 For the vertical type [of windlass] there is typically a small tapered slipway and a navel pipe built in to the base. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). navelv.Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: navel n. 1818 Ld. Byron clxxiii. 89 Lo, Nemi! navelled in the woody hills. 1819 J. H. Wiffen 102 Within the shade a ruined temple stands.., navelled in the pines. 1835 Aug. 122 I rested my telescope on my shut-up Virgil, and looked off among the far-off hills in the lap of which the edifice was naveled. a1974 C. Day Lewis Madrigal for Lowell House in (1992) 635 The crimson berry tree navelled upon this court Twinkles a coded message. the world > space > relative position > inclination > state or quality of being convergent > converge [verb (intransitive)] 1855 P. J. Bailey 52 Radial avenues of rocks All navelling in the sanctuary divine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
