CENTRE
ADVERBS
► MIDWART towards the centre → 1773 Sc. obs.
NOUNS
► GOWK the central portion of anything; the core of fruit; the hard centre of a boil or sore → 1788 Eng. dial.
► MARROW the centre, the essential part, the best of anything; the main point, or the full meaning → 1863 Ireland & Eng. dial.
► NAVEL 1. the centre or central point of a country, sea, forest, etc. → 1382
2. the central or middle point of anything → 1603
► UMBILIC the centre; the middle point or part → 1607 obs.
► UMBRIL a centre → 1630 obs.
VERBS
► NAVEL to come to a centre → 1855
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