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, >f , , ,rilno. Viulnno-iiio-tn flip \a- eminent office for the entry and clearance of vessels and 
characters of a nautilus , belong] business connected with the administration of the 
tiloidea. Z. Resembling a nautilus : specifical- 
ly applied to those forauiinifers whose many- 
chambered test resembles a nautilus-shell. 
II. n. That which is nautiloid, as the test of 
an infusorian. 
Nautiloidea(na-ti-loi'de-ii), u. ill. [NL.,OVi- 
tilits + -tiidca.] A suborder or an order of 
tetrabranchiate cephalopods, including those 
having shells with the suture-line simple or 
nearly so and the initial chamber conical and 
withacicatrix. It includes the families Orthoceratidai. 
Enduceratidce Gminihocei-aUilce, Affx-erntiilte, I'i'trniicera- 
tidce CurlMvratidai, Lituitidce, Trochmxratidx, NautiKdce, navally (na val-l), adv. 
and 'Biiclrilidce. Contrasted with Ammonituidea. regards naval matters. 
nautilus (na'ti-lus), H. ; pi. nautili (-Ii). [NL., The days when Holland was navally and commercially 
< L. nautilus, a nautilus, < Gr. wurr/Aof , a sailor, a the rival of England. J. Fixke, Amer. Pol. Ideas, p. I4ts. 
nautilus, a poet, form for vairtif, a sailor, <.vai>c, navarch (na'vark), w. [= F. navarque = Sp. 
a ship: see uau- nai-arca, < L. navarchus = Gr. vai'apxoc, the mas- 
f _ ! '.. _ A . _ 1 . I W 
Navigation Act. Naval officer, (a) An officer belonging 
to the naval forces of a country. (b) In the United States, 
an officer of the Treasury Department who, at the larger 
maritime ports, is associated with the collector of cus- 
toms. He assists in estimating duties, countersigns all 
permits, clearances, certificates, etc., issued by the col- 
lector, and examines and certifies his accounts. In the 
American colonies before the Revolution the naval officer 
w^ad.nmistrator of ^ A-*'** *" 
n /( ( Nayal affairs . 
Jn , 1 . omwell , 8 tjme _ whose ^^ were mllch greater 
tllan had evel . |, eell in any age . clarendon's Hfe, II. 507. 
. 
In a naval manner; as 
tic, nave 2 .] 1. 
The Argonauta 
argo, or any oth- 
er cephalopod 
believed to sail 
by means of the 
expanded ten- 
tacular arms. 
2. leap.] A ge- 
nus of tetra- 
branchiate ce- 
phalopods, type 
of the Xaittila- 
ceaovNautiUdie, 
to which very 
different limits 
have been as- 
signed. (a)ByLin- 
nn'iis it was made to 
include all the cam- 
erate or tetrabranchiate cephalopods as well as foraminif- 
erous shells having like forms. It was afterward gradual- 
ly restricted, (b) By recent writers it is restricted to the 
living pearly nautilus and related extinct species. 
3. A Portuguese man-of-war. See Physalia. 
4. A form of diving-bell which requires no 
Nautilus elegans, half natural size. 
A European form of Diving-bell or Nautilus, 
dmitted through the cock a into the pipes b ft flows into 
Wate. 
the exterior chambers c c, causing the apparatus to 
water in c c is displaced by air, the nautilus rises. It 
hauled up by ropes. Air for ventilation and for displacement of the 
water-ballast is supplied by air-pumps from above through flexible 
tubes connected with the interior chamber, and is allowed to pass into 
the chambers c c by opening valves. Dead-lights in the sides and 
top admit light to the interior. 
suspension, sinking and rising by the agency of 
condensed air Glass nautilus, Carinaria cymbium, 
a heteropod of the family Carinariidce : so called from the 
hyaline transparency of the shell. Also called Vemti's- 
slipper. See cut under Carinaria. Paper-nautilus, any 
species of Ar<ionauta. Pearly nautilus, any species of 
the restricted genus Naviilus. 
nautilus-cup (na'ti-lus-kup), n. An ornamental 
goblet or standing-cup the bowl of which is a 
nautilus-shell, or made in imitation of a nauti- 
lus-shell. 
navagiumt (na-va'ji-um), n. [ML., < L. navis, 
a ship: see nave 2 and -age. ] A duty devolving 
on certain tenants to carry their lord's goods 
in a ship. Dugdale. 
naval (na'val), a. and . [= F. Sp. Pg. naval 
= It. navah', < L. navalis, pertaining to a ship or 
ships, < navis = Gr. vavf, a ship: see nave 2 .] 
1. a. 1. Of or pertaining to a ship or ships, their 
construction, equipment, management, or use ; 
specifically, of or pertaining to a navy: as, na- 
ral architecture; a naval victory; a naval force ; 
a naval station or hospital ; naval stores. 
By the transformation of the ships into sea-deities. Vir- 
gil would insinuate, I suppose, the great advantages of cul- 
tivating a naval power, such as extended commerce, and 
the dominion of the ocean. Jortin, Dissertations, vi. 
2. Possessing a navy: as, a naval power. 
Naval armies. See army, 2. Naval cadet. See mid- 
shipman, 2. Naval crown, engineering, hospital. See 
the nouns. Naval law, a system of regulations for the 
government of the United States navy under the acts of 
Congress. Naval office, in colonial times preceding the 
declaration of independence by the United States, a gov- 
ter of a ship or of a fleet, < vavc, a ship, + ap- 
X?iv, rule.] In Gr. antiq., the commander of a 
fleet; an admiral. 
navarchy (na'var-ki), n. [< Gr. vavapxla, the 
command of a ship or of a fleet ; cf . vavapxf, 
the commander of a ship, < vavc , a ship, T ap- 
xeiv, rule.] 1. The office of a navarch. 2. 
Nautical skill or experience. 
Navarchy, and making models for buildings and riggings 
of ships. Sir W. Pettie, Advice to Hartlib, p. 6. 
Navarrese (nav-a-reV or -rez'), a. and n. [< 
Xavarre (see def.") + -ese.] I. a. Of or pertain- 
ing to Navarre or its inhabitants. 
Ferdinand . . . knew the equivocal dispositions of the 
Navamte sovereigns. Prefcott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 28. 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Navarre, 
a former kingdom of western Europe, now in- 
cluded in France and Spain, in the western 
Pyrenees. The last king of Navarre, who became found- 
er of the Bourbon line of French kings as Henry IV., bore 
the double title of "king of France and of Navarre," which 
title was retained by his successors down to 1830. 
nave 1 (nav), . [< ME. nave, nafe, < AS. nafu 
= MD. nare, D. nave, naaf, ave, aaf = MLG. 
LG. nave = OHG. naba, MHG. G. n'ahe = Icel. 
wo/= Sw. /= Dan. nav (= Goth. *naba, not 
recorded), nave, = Lett, naba, navel, = Pers. 
naf, navel, = Skt. nabhi (> Hind, nabli, nabhi), 
nave, navel, center, boss, ndbiiya, nave ; cf . L. 
uiitbo(n-) (for *unbo( n-), *nobo( -)?), boss; Skt. 
)/ itabli, burst forth. Hence navel, q. v., and 
orig. nauger, now auger.] 1. The central part 
of a wheel, in which the spokes are inserted ; 
the hub. See cuts under felly and hub. 
In a Wheele, which with a long deep rut 
His turning passage in the durt doth cut, 
The distant spoaks neerer and neerer gather, 
And in the Xaue vnite their points together. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 5. 
2f. The navel. 
He unseam 'd him from the nave to the chaps, 
And flx'd his head upon our battlements. 
Shak., Macbeth, i. 2. 22. 
thc nave 2 (nav), n. [< OF. nave, F. nef= Pr. nan 
Sp. nave = Pg. ndo, nau = It. nave, a ship, 
a nave of a church, < L. navis, a ship, ML. also 
nave of a church, = Gr. valf = Skt. nau, a ship, 
Nave. Rheims Cathedral, France : I3th century. 
Navicella 
= E. stioie 2 , a ship. From L. navis are also ult. 
naval, navigate, navy*, etc. ; from Gr. vavf are 
iKiutic, nautical, nausea, nauseous, nautilus, etc.] 
The main body, or middle part, lengthwise, of 
a church, extending typically from the chief 
entrance to the choir or chancel. In all but very 
small churches it is usual for the nave to be flanked by 
one or more aisles on each side, the aisles being, unless 
exceptionally, or typically in some local architectural 
styles, much lower and narrower than the nave. See aisle, 
and diagrams under cathedral, basilica, and bema. 
nave 2 (nav), i\ t. ; pret. and pp. naved, ppr. nav- 
ing. [< nave 2 , .] To form as a nave; cause 
to resemble a nave in function or in effect. 
Stand on the marble arch, . . . follow the graceful curve 
of the palaces on the Lung' Arno till the arch is naved by 
the massy dungeon tower . . . frowning in dark relief. 
Shelley, in Dowden, II. 315. 
nave 3 t. A Middle English contraction of ne 
have, have not. 
nave-bpx (nav'boks), w. A metallic ring or 
sleeve inserted in the nave of a wheel to dimin- 
ish the friction and consequent wear upon the 
nave. 
nave-hole (nav'hol), . A hole in the center 
of a gun-truck for receiving the end of the 
axletree. Admiral $>iii/t/t. 
navel (na'vl), . [Formerly also navil ; < ME. 
navel, navele, < AS. nafela = OFries. nai'la = D. 
navel = MLG. navel = OHG. nabalo, napalo, 
MHG. nabek, nabel, G. nabel = Icel. nafli = Sw. 
nafle = Dan. navle = Goth. *nabalo, not recorded, 
also with transposition, Olr. imbliu = L. (with 
added term.) umbilicus (see umbilicus and num- 
bles, nombril) = Gr. bu<j>a/.6c, navel; lit. 'little 
boss,' dim. of AS. nafu, etc., nave, boss: see 
nave 1 .] 1. In anat., a mark or scar in the 
middle of the belly where the umbilical cord 
was attached in the fetus ; the umbilicus ; the 
omphalos. Hence 2. The central point or 
part of anything ; the middle. 
This hill [Amaral is situate as the nauil of that Ethio- 
pian bodie, and centre of their Empire, vnder the Equi- 
noctial line. Purcha, Pilgrimage, p. 677. 
Within the navel of this hideous wood, 
Immur'd in cypress shades, a sorcerer dwells. 
Milton, Comus, 1. 520. 
3f. The nave of a wheel. 
His body be the navel to the wheel, 
In which your rapiers, like so many spokes, 
Shall meet. Massinger, Parliament of Love, ii. 3. 
4. In ordnance, same as navel bolt Intestinal 
navel, the mark or scar on the intestine of most verte- 
brates denoting the place where the umbilical vesicle is 
finally absorbed in the intestine. The point is sometimes 
marked also by a kind of csecum, which forms a diver- 
ticulum of the intestine, and may have a length of some 
inches. Navel bolt, the bolt which secures a carronade 
to its slide. Also called navel. Navel orange. See 
orange. Navel point, in her., the point in a shield be- 
tween the middle base point and the fesse-point. Also 
called nombril. 
naveled, navelled (na'vld), . [< navel + 
-ed'~.] Furnished with a navel. 
navel-gall (na'vl-gal), . A bruise on the top 
of the chine of a horse, behind the saddle. 
navel-hole (na'vl-hol), . The hole in a mill- 
stone through which the grain is received. Hul- 
liwell. 
navel-ill (na'vl -il), . Inflammation of the 
navel in calves, causing redness, pain, and 
swelling in the parts affected. 
navelled, a. See naveled. 
navel-string (na'vl-string), . 
cord. 
navelwort (na'vl-wert), n. 1. A plant of the 
genus Cotyledon, chiefly C. Umbilicus: so called 
from the shape of the leaf. See Cotyledon, 2, 
jaek-in-the-bunh, 2, and Jcidneywort, 1. 2. A 
plant of the genus Omphalodcs : so called from 
the form of the nutlets. 0. verna is the blue or 
spring navelwort, 0. linifolia the white navelwort; both 
are garden-flowers. Venus's-navelwort, either of the 
above species of Omphalodes. 
nave-shaped (uav'shapt), . Same as niodioli- 
form. 
navette (na-vef), n. [< F. navette, OF. navete 
= It. navetia, < ML. naveta, a little boat, dim. of 
L. navis, a ship, boat: see nave' 2 .'] An incense- 
boat ; a navicula. 
navew (ua'vu), . [Also *ajthw; < OF. nni-enn, 
navel, < ML. napellitx, dim. of L. napus (> AS. 
naip, > E. neep 2 ), a kind of turnip: see nceji 2 .] 
The wild turnip, Brassi- 
ca canij>estris. It is an an- 
nual weed with a tapering 
root, found in waste grounds 
throughout Europe and Asiatic 
Russia. |Eng.] 
Navicella(nav-i-sera),>i. 
[NL., = F. navicelle, < L. 
nai-iciila, a small vessel, 
The umbilical 
