From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Rowel \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.
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With sounding whip, and rowels dyed in blood.
--Cowper.
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2. A little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits.
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The iron rowels into frothy foam he bit. --Spenser.
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3. (Far.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the
flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Rowel \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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rowel
n 1: a small spiked wheel at the end of a spur
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