ROW'EL, noun [Latin rota.] 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. ROW'EL, verb intransitive To insert a rowel in; to pierce the skin and keep open the wound by a rowel
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