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rowell

rowell is the obsolete spelling of rowel.

Meaning of rowel

Noun

rowel (plural rowels)

  1. A small spiked wheel on the end of a spur of certain types.
    • I / Perceive 'tis an advantage for a man to vvear ſpurres, / The rovvell of Knight-hood does gingle in the eare of their / Vnderſtanding.1632, Iames Shirley [i.e., James Shirley], Changes: Or, Love in a Maze. A Comedie, […], London: […] G. P. for William Cooke, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 3
  2. A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit.
    • The iron rowels into frothy foam he bit.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  3. A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery.

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Proper noun capitalized: Rowell

Rowell

  1. A surname.

Forms of rowell

pluralrowells

Questions about rowell

What does rowell mean?
Rowell means a surname.
What is rowell the obsolete spelling of?
Rowell is the obsolete spelling of rowel.
What part of speech is rowell?
Rowell is a proper noun.

Words near rowell in the dictionary

  1. rowel-heads
  2. roweled
  3. roweling
  4. roweling-needle
  5. roweling-needles
  6. rowell
  7. Rowella
  8. rowelled
  9. rowelling
  10. rowels
  11. rowen

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