noun the core, or the inner part, of a mold for casting a large hollow object.
2. nowel ·noun christmas; also, a shout of joy at christmas for the birth of the savior.
3. nowel ·noun the bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from the cope; the drag.
4. nowel ·noun a kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the nativity of our lord; a christmas carol.