Associations to the word «Rowel»

Wiktionary

ROWEL, noun. The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur.
ROWEL, noun. A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit.
ROWEL, noun. A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery.
ROWEL, verb. (transitive) To use a rowel on something, especially to drain fluid.
ROWEL, verb. (transitive) To incite, to goad.

Dictionary definition

ROWEL, noun. A small spiked wheel at the end of a spur.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke