noun
Origin: ME nowelle < OFr nuel, a nut, fruit pit < LL nucalis, like a nut < L nux (gen. nucis), nut
See newel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English nouel, niewel
Origin: , from Old French noiel
Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *nōdellus, little knot
Origin: , diminutive of Latin nōdulus
Origin: , diminutive of nōdus, knot; see node
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