No'yau, n.

(nwä'yo), n. [Fr., properly the stone or nut of a fruit, as of a peach or cherry, from Lat. nucalis, like a nut, from nux, nucis, nut; Pr. nogalh, the kernel of a nut.] A cordial flavored with the kernel of the nut of the bitter almond, or with the kernel of the peach stone. Brande.