| 释义 |
† umbiliˈcality Obs.
[f. prec. + -ity.]
1. A close or intimate connexion.
1646Sir 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.
1658J. Robinson Endoxa 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. |