"rowel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹoʊəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rowel.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rowels [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊəl Etymology: From Middle English rowel, rowell, rowelle, from Old French roel, roiele (compare modern French rouelle), from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotella. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rowel}} Middle English rowel, {{m|enm|rowell}} rowell, {{m|enm|rowelle}} rowelle, {{der|en|fro|roel}} Old French roel, {{m|fro|roiele}} roiele, {{cog|fr|rouelle}} French rouelle, {{der|en|LL.|rotella}} Late Latin rotella, {{der|en|la|rota||wheel}} Latin rota (“wheel”), {{doublet|en|rotella}} Doublet of rotella Head templates: {{en-noun}} rowel (plural rowels)
  1. The small spiked wheel on the end of a spur. Translations (small spiked wheel on the end of a spur): колелце на шпора (kolelce na špora) (Bulgarian), spronradeto (Esperanto), kannuksen pyörä (Finnish), molette [feminine] (French), Spornrädchen [neuter] (German), sarkantyútaraj (Hungarian), taraj (Hungarian), roseta [feminine] (Portuguese), колёсико шпоры (koljósiko špory) [neuter] (Russian), espuela [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-rowel-en-noun-BgCiynqt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 4 37 2 2 2 23 Disambiguation of 'small spiked wheel on the end of a spur': 90 6 4
  2. A little flat ring or wheel on a horse's bit.
    Sense id: en-rowel-en-noun--TGINWaY
  3. A roll of hair, silk, etc., passed through the flesh of a horse in the manner of a seton in human surgery.
    Sense id: en-rowel-en-noun-48~ikp85 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 4 37 2 2 2 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rowel-head

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɹoʊəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rowel.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rowels [present, singular, third-person], roweling [participle, present], rowelling [participle, present], roweled [participle, past], roweled [past], rowelled [participle, past], rowelled [past]
Rhymes: -əʊəl Etymology: From Middle English rowel, rowell, rowelle, from Old French roel, roiele (compare modern French rouelle), from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotella. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rowel}} Middle English rowel, {{m|enm|rowell}} rowell, {{m|enm|rowelle}} rowelle, {{der|en|fro|roel}} Old French roel, {{m|fro|roiele}} roiele, {{cog|fr|rouelle}} French rouelle, {{der|en|LL.|rotella}} Late Latin rotella, {{der|en|la|rota||wheel}} Latin rota (“wheel”), {{doublet|en|rotella}} Doublet of rotella Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=rowelled|pres_ptc2=rowelling}} rowel (third-person singular simple present rowels, present participle roweling or rowelling, simple past and past participle roweled or rowelled)
  1. (transitive) To use a rowel on (something), especially to drain fluid. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rowel-en-verb-29H7p0KT
  2. (transitive) To fit with spurs. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rowel-en-verb-W-qmNX4d
  3. (transitive) To apply the spur to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rowel-en-verb-hN5OeMV~
  4. (transitive, figurative) To incite; to goad. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-rowel-en-verb-8Wrvk~~S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 4 37 2 2 2 23

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈɹoʊəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊəl"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kolelce na špora",
      "sense": "small spiked wheel on the end of a spur",
      "word": "колелце на шпора"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "small spiked wheel on the end of a spur",
      "word": "spronradeto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small spiked wheel on the end of a spur",
      "word": "kannuksen pyörä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small spiked wheel on the end of a spur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "molette"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small spiked wheel on the end of a spur",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Spornrädchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small spiked wheel on the end of a spur",
      "word": "sarkantyútaraj"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small spiked wheel on the end of a spur",
      "word": "taraj"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small spiked wheel on the end of a spur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "roseta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "koljósiko špory",
      "sense": "small spiked wheel on the end of a spur",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "колёсико шпоры"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small spiked wheel on the end of a spur",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espuela"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rowel"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊəl",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊəl/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "rowel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English rowel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "rowell"
      },
      "expansion": "rowell",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "rowelle"
      },
      "expansion": "rowelle",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "roel"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French roel",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "roiele"
      },
      "expansion": "roiele",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "rouelle"
      },
      "expansion": "French rouelle",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "rotella"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin rotella",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "rota",
        "4": "",
        "5": "wheel"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin rota (“wheel”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "rotella"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of rotella",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English rowel, rowell, rowelle, from Old French roel, roiele (compare modern French rouelle), from Late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotella.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rowels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roweling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rowelling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roweled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roweled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rowelled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rowelled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "past2": "rowelled",
        "pres_ptc2": "rowelling"
      },
      "expansion": "rowel (third-person singular simple present rowels, present participle roweling or rowelling, simple past and past participle roweled or rowelled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To use a rowel on (something), especially to drain fluid."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To use a rowel on (something), especially to drain fluid."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fit with spurs."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To fit with spurs."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to rowel a horse"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply the spur to."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To apply the spur to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1941, Thomas Bell, Out of This Furnace, page 240",
          "text": "He would have been completely ignorant of what was going on if Frank, periodically roweled by the viciously anti-labor stand of the Pittsburgh newspapers, hadn't felt the need of an audience.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To incite; to goad."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "incite",
          "incite"
        ],
        [
          "goad",
          "goad"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figurative) To incite; to goad."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɹoʊəl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊəl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rowel.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-rowel.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-rowel.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rowel"
}

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