King James Bible Dictionary

(Heb. gao), anything convex or arched, as the boss of a shield, (Job 15:26) the eyebrows, (Leviticus 14:9) an eminent place. (Ezekiel 16:31) It is rendered once only in the plural, "naves," (1 Kings 7:33) meaning the centres of the wheels in which the spokes are inserted i.e. the hubs. In (Ezekiel 1:18) it is rendered twice "rings," and margin "strakes," an old word apparently used for the nave (hub) of a wheel and also more probably for the felloe or the tire, as making the streak or stroke upon the ground.

NAVE, noun

1. The thick piece of timber in the center of a wheel, in which the spokes are inserted; called also the hob.

2. The middle or body of a church extending from the balluster or rail of the door, to the chief choir.

Treatment of, at birth
Ezekiel 16:4

NAVEL, noun The center of the lower part of the abdomen, or the point where the umbilical cord passes out of the fetus. The umbilical cord is a collection of vessels by which the fetus of an animal communicates with the parent by means of the placenta, to which it is attached.

NAVEL-GALL, noun A bruise on the top of the chine of the back of a horse, behind the saddle.

NAVEL-STRING, noun The umbilical cord. [See navel]

NAVEL-WORT, noun A plant of the genus Cotyledon. It has the appearance of houseleek.

NAVEW, noun A plant of the genus Brassica. It has a spindle-shaped root, less than the turnep.