NEWEL (O. Fr. nouel or

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• NOEL, RODEN BERKELEY WRIOTHESLEY (1834-1894)

noel,

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• MODERN

modern noyau, properly a

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• KERNEL (O.E. cyrnel, a diminutive of " corn," seed, grain)

kernel, from

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• LAT

Lat. nux,

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• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut; other

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• FOREIGN

foreign equivalents are Ital. albero, Ger. Spindel)  , the term given in architecture to the central shaft of a semicircular or winding staircase, which is built up or consists of the narrow ends of the steps standing one over the other . When in stone, both newel and steps are cut out of the same block; when in wood, the newel becomes a vertical post into which the steps are housed . The term is also given to the vertical post at the foot or the angles of a square staircase, into which the carriage or beam carrying the steps is tenoned .