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Webster 1913 Edition

(na̤′ĕl)

Noun.

[Akin to G.

knauelk

knäuel

, prop., a ball of thread, coil. Cf.

(Bot.)

A low, spreading weed (

Scleranthus annuus

), common in sandy soil.

Noun.

naw'el. A species of plant.

knawel ‎(plural knawels)