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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Na·vel n.
 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.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Nom·bril n.  Her. A point halfway between the fess point and the middle base point of an escutcheon; -- called also navel point. See Escutcheon.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 navel point
      n : the center point or middle of something [syn: navel]