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n. A vertical support at the center of a circular staircase.

n. A post that supports a handrail at the bottom or at the landing of a staircase.

n. A novelty; a new thing.

n. A central pillar around which a staircase spirals.

n. A sturdy pillar at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, supporting the handrail.

n. A novelty; a new thing.

n. The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. Also called newel post. See Hollow newel, under hollow.

n. In architecture, an upright cylinder or pillar which forms a center from which the steps of a winding stair radiate, and supports their inner ends from the bottom to the top.

n. In carpentry, the tall and more or less ornamental post at the head or foot of a stair, supporting a handrail.

n. In engineering, a cylindrical pillar terminating the wing-wall of a bridge.

n. In a ship, an upright timber which receives the tenons of the rails leading from the breastwork of the gangway.

n. A new thing; a novelty.

n. the central pillar of a circular staircase

n. the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail

"By means of the newel-post I drew myself upright and listened."

column    pillar    post   

hollow newel   

hollow   

novelty    spindle   

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