Definition of Rowel
Row´el
n.
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
.
v. t.
1.
(Far.)
To
insert
a
rowel
,
or
roll
of
hair
or
silk
,
into
(
as
the
flesh
of
a
horse
).
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Roweled
or
Rowelled
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Roweling
or
Rowelling
.]
Related Words
gad
,
spur
,
wheel
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