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nave

1. nave \'na-v\ n [ME, fr. OE nafu; akin to OE nafela navel] : the hub of a 
   wheel 
2. nave n [ML navis, fr. L, ship; akin to OE no-wend sailor, Gk naus] ship, 
   Skt nau : the main part of the interior of a church; esp : the long narrow  
   central hall in a cruciform church that rises higher than the aisles 
   flanking it to form a clerestory