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Nowel
Part of Speech: noun
The bottom part of a mold or of a flask, in distinction from the cope; the drag.
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late
Part of Speech: Noun
Results: 8
            1.                                           Not                                                         long                                                         ago;                                                         lately.                                    

            2.                                           Far                                                         in                                                         the                                                         night,                                                         day,                                                         week,                                                         or                                                         other                                                         particular                                                         period;                                                         as,                                                         to                                                         lie                                                         abed                                                           late;                                                         to                                                         sit                                                         up                                                           late                                                         at                                                         night.                                    

            3.                                           After                                                         the                                                         usual                                                         or                                                           proper                                                         time,                                                         or                                                         the                                                         time                                                         appointed;                                                         after                                                         delay;                                                         as,                                                         he                                                         arrived                                                           late; -                                                         opposed                                                         to                                                         early.                                    

            4.                                             Coming                                                         after                                                         the                                                         time                                                         when                                                         due,                                                         or                                                         after                                                         the                                                         usual                                                         or                                                           proper                                                         time;                                                         not                                                         early;                                                         slow;                                                         tardy;                                                         long                                                         delayed;                                                         as,                                                           a                                                           late                                                           spring.                                    

            5.                                           Far                                                         advanced                                                         toward                                                         the                                                         end                                                         or                                                         close;                                                         as,                                                           a                                                           late                                                         hour                                                         of                                                         the                                                         day;                                                           a                                                           late                                                         period                                                         of                                                         life.                                    

            6.                                           Existing                                                         or                                                         holding                                                           some                                                           position                                                         not                                                         long                                                         ago,                                                         but                                                         not                                                         now;                                                         lately                                                         deceased,                                                         departed,                                                         or                                                         gone                                                         out                                                         of                                                         office;                                                         as,                                                         the                                                           late                                                         bishop                                                         of                                                         London;                                                         the                                                           late                                                           administration.                                    

            7.                                           Not                                                         long                                                         past;                                                         happening                                                         not                                                         long                                                         ago;                                                         recent;                                                         as,                                                         the                                                           late                                                           rains;                                                         we                                                         have                                                         received                                                           late                                                         intelligence.                                    

            8.                                             Continuing                                                         or                                                         doing                                                         until                                                         an                                                         advanced                                                         hour                                                         of                                                         the                                                         night;                                                         as,                                                           late                                                           revels;                                                           a                                                           late                                                         watcher.
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This was late in the '50's. - "California 1849-1913 or the Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty-four Years' Residence in that State.", L. H. Woolley.
I was too late to see the name. - "The Brother of Daphne", Dornford Yates.
He awoke late the next morning. - "Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers", Various.
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