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Word of the Day: Catachrestical

Nowel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A shout of joy or christmas song.

Nowel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth of the Savior.

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

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

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