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Definitions for Rowel

[1] a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur.
[2] Veterinary Medicine . a piece of leather or the like inserted beneath the skin of a horse or other animal to promote drainage of an infection.
[3] to prick or urge with a rowel.
[4] Veterinary Medicine . to insert a rowel in.
[5] a small spiked wheel attached to a spur
[6] vet science obsolete a piece of leather or other material inserted under the skin of a horse to act as a seton and allow drainage
[7] to goad (a horse) using a rowel
[8] vet science obsolete to insert a rowel in (the skin of a horse) to allow drainage

Words related to Rowel

prod, tease, coerce, harass, hound, provoke, force, propel, move, sting, thrust, arouse, prompt, animate, whip, exhort, irritate, sound, encourage, trigger

Words nearby Rowel

rowboat, rowdy, rowdyish, rowdyism, rowe, rowel, rowen, rowena, rowing boat, rowing machine, rowland heights

Origin of Rowel

1350–1400; Middle English rowelle < Middle French ruelle, Old French roel < Late Latin rotella, equivalent to Latin rot(a ) wheel + -ella -elle

Other words from Rowel

un·row·eled ; especially British un·row·elled , adjective

Word origin for Rowel

C14: from Old French roel a little wheel, from roe a wheel, from Latin rota

Synonyms for Rowel

coerce, harass, hound, prod, provoke, tease, animate, annoy, arouse, bully, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, force, goose, impel, inspirit, instigate, irritate, lash, move, needle, press, prick, prompt, propel, push, sic, sound, spark, spur, stimulate, sting, thrust, trigger, urge, whip, worry, fire up, key up, put up to, turn on, work up