About The Word Rowel
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Rowel
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What's The Definition Of Rowel?
[n] a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur
Synonyms | Synonyms for Rowel: Related Terms | Find terms related to Rowel: Rowel In Webster's Dictionary \Row"el\, n. [OF. roele, rouele, properly, a little wheel,
F. rouelle collop, slice, LL. rotella a little wheel, dim. of
L. rota a wheel. See {Roll}, and cf. {Rota}.]
1. The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points.
With sounding whip, and rowels dyed in blood.
--Cowper.
2. A little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits.
The iron rowels into frothy foam he bit. --Spenser.
3. (Far.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the
flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery.
\Row"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roweled}or {Rowelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Roweling} or {Rowelling}.] (Far.) To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse). --Mortimer. |
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