Nowel

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

II. Nowel ·noun Christmas; also, a shout of joy at Christmas for the birth of the Savior.

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

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