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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 476 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NEWEL (O. Fr. nouel or See also:noel, See also:modern noyau, properly a See also:kernel, from See also:Lat. nux, See also:nut; other See also:foreign equivalents are Ital. albero, Ger. Spindel)  , the See also:term given in See also:architecture to the central See also:shaft of a semicircular or winding See also:staircase, which is built up or consists of the narrow ends of the steps See also:standing one over the other . When in See also:stone, both See also:newel and steps are cut out of the same See also:block; when in See also:wood, the newel becomes a See also:vertical See also:post into which the steps are housed . The term is also given to the vertical post at the See also:foot or the angles of a square staircase, into which the See also:carriage or See also:beam carrying the steps is tenoned .

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