Definition of Rowels

1. Noun. (plural of rowel) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rowels

1. rowel [v] - See also: rowel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rowels

rowdinesses
rowdy
rowdydow
rowdydowdy
rowdydows
rowdyish
rowdyism
rowdyisms
rowed
roweite
rowel
roweled
roweling
rowelled
rowelling
rowels (current term)
rowen
rowens
rower
rowers
rowhouse
rowhouses
rowing
rowing boat
rowing boats
rowing club
rowing machine
rowing machines
rowings
rowling

Literary usage of Rowels

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"A phrase may be absolutely unsingable, though the rowels be open enough, if it is loaded with consonants. The truth is that in song-writing it is quite as ..."

2. The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter (1827)
"As he spoke, he vaulted into his saddle ; and receiving the cordial blessings of Montgomery, be touched his good steed with his pointed rowels, and was out ..."

3. On Early English Pronunciation: With Special Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, William Salesbury, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Francis James Child, Alexander Barclay, Johan Winkler (1874)
"Any one will be sensible of this who sounds those two rowels (э i) quick after each other ; the sound begins (э) and ends (ii). The true sound of the (i) is ..."

4. The Principles of Greek Grammar by Peter Bullions (1856)
"The pupil may contract the concurrent rowels (120-2, and ISO), and make the necessary changes in the accents. §49. IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES. 160. ..."

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