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rowel 1. a small spiked wheel attached to a spur 2. 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Forth steps a rowel queer- looking little fellows, wearing square-skirted coats and small-clothes, with buttons at the knee. of the rowel, and the rowel itself contained upwards of thirty points. And the travelers buried their rowels in their horses' flanks, who thus vigorously stimulated recovered their energies. |
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