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Pronunciation : Row"el
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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.)

Defn: A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Row"el
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse). Mortimer.

t. [imp. & p. p. Roweled or Rowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Roweling or Rowelling.] (Far.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913