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נָוֵול, נָוֵל(cmp. נָבֵל) to be disfigured, look repulsive; to degenerate. Tosef.Sot.XIV, 7 אזלה ונָוְלָה (Var. ונָבְלָה) becomes more and more corrupt. Pi. נִוֵּול to disfigure; to disgrace. B. Bath. 154a אי … לנַוְּולוֹ you are not permitted to disgrace him (to search a corpse for tokens of maturity). Sot.I, 6 מעבירים ממנה כדי לנַוְּולָהּ we divest her (of all jewelry) in order to disgrace her. Ned.66a בנות ישראל … שהעניות מְנַוַּולְתָּן Israels daughters are handsome, it is only poverty that makes them appear homely. Sifré Dent. 240 (ref. to נבלה, Deut. 22:21) לא עצמה בלבד נִוְּולָהוכ׳ she has disgraced not only herself but all virgins of Israel; a. e.Part. pass. מְנוּוָּל; f. מְנוּוֶּלֶת; pl. מְנוּוָּלִין, מְנוּוָּלוֹת. Y.Pes.VI, 33a, sq. זבח מ׳ (not מזבה) a repulsive (putrid) sacrifice (Sabb.116b מוטלין כנבלה). Naz. IV, 5, a. e., v. אֶפֶש. Tosef.Sot.II, 3 הרי היא בדוקה ומנ׳ she (by refusing to drink the searching waters) is already searched and disgraced, i. e. has admitted her guilt. Y.M. Kat. III, beg. 81c. שלא … מנ׳ that they may not enter the Sabbath with neglected hair; a. e.Kidd.30b אם פגע בך מנ׳ זהוכ׳ if that ugly one (the tempter) meets thee, drag him to the house of learning, i. e. overcome evil inclinations by study.