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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[See

[Written also

noel

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

[Obs.]

(Mus.)

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

Grove.

Noun.

[F.

noyau

, prop., a kernel. See

a post.]

(Founding)

(a)

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

(b)

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