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newel[edit]

Sense 2 - a novelty, new thing. --EncycloPetey 01:03, 1 January 2007 (UTC)Reply

It's a case of old newels. OED2+ marks it as obsolete, but has a number of cites, including Spenser, from 1484 - 1614. --Enginear 01:27, 3 January 2007 (UTC)Reply