rowel

rowel is a   Noun

Definition:

[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] A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery.

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