Obs. [f. prec. + -ITY.]
1. A close or intimate connection.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., V. v. 240. In his immortall and diviner part hee seemed to hold a nearer coherence, and an umbilicality even with God himselfe.
2. An umbilical cord.
1658. J. Robinson, Eudoxa, vii. 44. I know, after two or three days incubation, that there is a Sanguine-like string;… but that that should be the Umbilicality of the Chicken, is not by sight demonstrable.
