[row.el] n [ME rowelle, fr. MF rouelle small wheel, fr. OF roele--more at roulette] (15c): a revolving disk with sharp marginal points at the end of a spur
[2]rowel vt -eled or -elled ; -el.ing or -el.ling (1599) 1: to goad with or as if with a rowel
2: vex, trouble