subs. (old colloquial).—Combinations are: PROUD BELOW THE NAVEL = amorous, or wanton; NAVEL-TIED = inseparable; TO GALL ONE’S NAVEL = to wax wanton; TO WRIGGLE NAVELS = to copulate. See CUNT-ITCH; GREENS; PRICK-PROUD; RIDE.

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  1629.  DAVENANT, Albovine, i.

                        When I see her,
I grow PROUD BELOW THE NAVEL.

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  1767.  RAY, Proverbs [BOHN], 52. They have tied their navels together, i.e., they are inseparable companions.

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