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• 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Rowel Merto — (* 12. Dezember 1961) ist ein philippinischer Bogenschütze. Merto, 1,65 m groß und 49 kg leicht, nahm an den Olympischen Spielen 1988 in Seoul teil. Er belegte Platz 68.[1] Später war er Nationaltrainer der Philippinen im Bogenschießen.[2]… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• rowel — [rou′əl] n. [ME rowelle < OFr roele: see ROULETTE] a small, revolving wheel with sharp projecting points, forming the end of a spur vt. roweled or rowelled, roweling or rowelling to spur or prick (a horse, etc.) with or as with a rowel …   English World dictionary

• 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. [1913 Webster] With sounding… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Rowel bone — Row el bone See {rewel bone}. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rowel — pointed wheel on a spur, mid 14c., from O.Fr. roelle small wheel (see ROULETTE (Cf. roulette)) …   Etymology dictionary

• rowel-bone — see ruel bone …   Useful english dictionary

• Rowel Friers — Douglas Carson Rowel Boyd Friers, born Belfast, 13 April 1920, died Holywood, County Down, 21 September 1998, was a cartoonist, illustrator, painter and lithographer.Friers grew up in the Lagan Village area of Belfast. He was apprenticed to the… …   Wikipedia

• rowel — /row euhl/, n., v., roweled, roweling or (esp. Brit.) rowelled, rowelling. n. 1. a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur. See illus. under spur1. 2. Vet. Med. a piece of leather or the like inserted beneath the skin… …   Universalium

• rowel — row·el || raÊŠÉ™l n. small spiked wheel or disk at the end of a spur v. use a rowel to urge; prick with a rowel …   English contemporary dictionary

• rowel — /ˈraʊəl / (say rowuhl) noun 1. a small wheel with radiating points, forming the extremity of a spur (def. 1). 2. Veterinary Science a piece of leather or the like inserted beneath the skin of a horse or other animal, to cause a discharge. –verb… …