The iron rowels into frothy foam he bit.
Spenser.
3. (Far.) A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of
horses, answering to a seton in human surgery.
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.