new (nu)

[ My besy gost, that thrusteth alway newe , To seen this flour so yong, so fresh of he we. IMG:content-1335.png:[blocks in formation] zoure karis weren newed, And coueitise hath crasid zoure croune ffor euere! Richard the Redele , i. 8. And... alle the grauntes, lybarties, quytaunce, and fre custumes.. to the same citezens and we confer me to their succe ours, and hem of our specyall grace we newe and graunte hem to holde free euer. Charter of London , in Arnold's Chron., p. 21. II. in trans. To renew itself; become new. Every day hir beaute newed . Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 906. The worlde, whiche neweth euery daie. Gower , Conf. Amant., Prol. newaltyt, n. [ newal , newel2 , + -ty ; an accom. of novelty .] A new thing; a novelty. Good Gorel, stand back, and let me see a little; my wife loves newalties abo min at i only, and I must tell her some newfangled outer ends, and there is no central pillar, the staircase is said to have an open newel. The newel is sometimes continued through to the roof, so as to serve as a central shaft for receiving the ribs of the covering vault. The stairs likewise to the upper rooms, let them be upon a fair and open newel , and finely railed in with images of wood cast into a bra colour. Bacon , Building (ed. 1887). 2. In carp ., the tall and more or le ornamental post at the head or foot of a stair, supporting a handrail.-3. In eng in ., a суlindrical pillar terminating the wing-wall of a bridge.-4. In a ship, an upright timber which receives the tenons of the rails leading from the breastwork of the gangway. newel2t, n. [Irreg. new + -el , after novel. Cf. newalty.] A new thing; a novelty. IMG:content-1336.jpg:[graphic] Newel, in the Château de Blois, France. He was so enamoured with the newell , That nought he deemed deare for the jewell. Spenser , Shep. Cal., May. newelichet, adv . A Middle English form of newly. Chaucer. New England Confederation. See confedera tion.