NOWEL

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth of the Savior. [Obs.]

2.
n.

A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediæval origin, sung in honor of the Nativity of our Lord; a Christmas carol. Grove.

3.
n.

The core, or the inner part, of a mold for casting a large hollow object.

4.
n.

The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from the cope; the drag.


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