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roweling

Variant of rowel

noun

a small, revolving wheel with sharp projecting points, forming the end of a spur

Origin: ME rowelle < OFr roele: see roulette

transitive verb roweled or rowelled, roweling or rowelling

to spur or prick (a horse, etc.) with or as with a rowel

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