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Definition of Rowels
1. rowel [v] - See also: rowel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rowels
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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