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A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus.

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  1. n. A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus.
  2. n. The central part or point of anything; the middle.
  3. n. An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
  4. n. a scar where the umbilical cord was attached
  5. n. the center point or middle of something
  6. 1. (Anat.) A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus.belly button in humans 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.
  7. A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; theumbilicus. See Umbilicus.belly button in humans
  8. n:100 n. a scar where the umbilical cord was attached n. the center point or middle of something