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Webster 1913 Edition
Rowel
Row′el
,Noun.
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
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rowel
ROW'EL
,Noun.
1.
The little wheel of a spur, formed with sharp points.2.
Among farriers, a roll of hair or silk, used as an issue on horses, answering to a seton in surgery.3.
A little flat ring or wheel of plate or iron on horses' bits.