Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nowel"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nowel \Now"el\, n. [See {Noel}.] [Written also {no["e]l}.]
1. Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth
of the Savior. [Obs.]
2. (Mus.) A kind of hymn, or canticle, of medi[ae]val origin,
sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas
carol. --Grove.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nowel \Now"el\, n. [F. noyau, prop., a kernel. See {Noyau},
{Newel} a post.] (Founding)
(a) The core, or the inner part, of a mold for casting a
large hollow object.
(b) The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in
distinction from the cope; the drag.
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