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with Anu Gargnewel
PRONUNCIATION:
(NOO-uhl, NYOO-)
MEANING:
noun:
1. A center column that supports the steps of a spiral staircase.
2. A post supporting the handrail of a staircase.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Middle English nowel, from Middle French nouel (kernel), from Late Latin
nucalis (nutlike), from Latin nuc-, nux (nut).
USAGE:
"Midway through the stair project he appeared with a solid pine stair
newel, stripped and sanded."Mary Meier, A Millworker's House Remade, The Boston Globe, Feb 24, 2000. See more usage examples of newel in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war betwixt princes. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592)
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