1. (n.) The little wheel of a spur, with sharp points.

2. (n.) A little flat ring or wheel on horses' bits.

3. (n.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of horses, answering to a seton in human surgery.

4. (v. t.) To insert a rowel, or roll of hair or silk, into (as the flesh of a horse).

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