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.
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.
