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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Newel  \New"el\,  n.  [From  {New}.  Cf  {Novel}.] 
  A  novelty;  a  new  thing  [Obs.]  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Newel  \New"el\,  n.  [OF.  nual,  F.  noyau  sone,  of  fruit,  noyau 
  d'escaler  newel,  fr  L.  nucalis  like  a  nut,  fr  nux,  nucis, 
  nut.  Cf  {Nowel}  the  inner  wall  of  a  mold,  {Nucleus}..] 
  (Arch.) 
  The  upright  post  about  which  the  steps  of  a  circular 
  staircase  wind;  hence  in  stairs  having  straight  flights,  the 
  principal  post  at  the  foot  of  a  staircase,  or  the  secondary 
  ones  at  the  landings.  See  {Hollow  newel},  under  {Hollow}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  newel 
  n  1:  the  post  at  the  top  or  bottom  of  a  flight  of  stairs;  it 
  supports  the  handrail  [syn:  {newel  post}] 
  2:  the  central  pillar  of  a  circular  staircase 




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