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(), 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. スポンサード リンク
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