n. [ OF. roele, rouele, properly, a little wheel, F. rouelle collop, slice, LL. rotella a little wheel, dim. of L. rota a wheel. See Roll, and cf. Rota. ]
With sounding whip, and rowels dyed in blood. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
The iron rowels into frothy foam he bit. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
See rewel bone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL. truella, L. trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to Gr. &unr_; a stirrer, ladle, G. quirl a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG. dwiril, Icel. þvara, AS. þwiril. Cf. Twirl. ]
Trowel bayonet.
Fish trowel.
Formed with a trowel; smoothed with a trowel;
n.;