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rowel


2rowel

verb
roweled or rowelledrowel·ing or rowel·ling

Definition of ROWEL

transitive verb
1
: to goad with or as if with a rowel
2
: vex, trouble

First Known Use of ROWEL

1580

Rhymes with ROWEL

cowl, dowel, foul, fowl, growl, howl, jowl, prowl, scowl, towel, trowel, yowl

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