Posted on 10/05/2006 4:49:16 AM PDT by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
rowel • \ROW-ul ("OW" as in "cow")\ • verb
1 : to goad with or as if with the pointed disk at the end of a spur
2 : vex, trouble Marked by lighthearted unconcern or indifference; carefree; nonchalant.
Example sentence:
With one of the best fastballs in the league combined with a wicked changeup, Lester roweled the opposing line-up for his second career no-hitter.
Etymology: If you've seen Western movies, you've seen rowels. The noun "rowel" names the circular, point-covered disk on the end of a spur that is used to urge powerful steeds to maximum speeds. But cowboys didn't invent rowels; knights in shining armor were sporting them even before the 12th century. English speakers of yore picked up the noun "rowel" from the Anglo-French "roele," meaning "small wheel" ("roele" is also an ancestor of the word "roulette"). By the end of the 1500s, "rowel" was also being used as a verb for any process of prodding or goading that was as irritating as being poked in the side with a rowel.
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
Here is my example with WFTD.
Pelosi and company excuse, and in some cases praise, all forms of poor behavior but act indignant when roweled for what is public knowledge.
Morning.
Good morning!
If this story ever does get legs, it should certainly rowel up more than just conservatives, but moderates and the rare truth-seeking liberal as well.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713877/posts
Good choice and usage. A+ for you!
The chef is here. Good eats for everyone.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
so is everyone all ROWELED up here?
I think you and Toby are on to something. This must be the source for riled as well. A for you!!
Rowel out the barrel..
and we'll have a barrel of fun...
Do we get any cake to go with the beer today?
instilling polka ear worms is deserving of the death penalty....
I meant to edit out the 'up' from my sentence.
Now that you mention it....
Does someone have a rowel-type cutter so we can serve this up?
With El Jefe incommunicado for awhile now, the press seems to be
rather roweled that brother Raul is still in charge in Havana...
We're having beer and cake for breakfast... care to join us? The weekend is but days away!
If one poked Maureen Dowel's apparently long-unoccupied navel with a trowel or a dowel, would she rowel, or ask for a vowel with a sigh, a screech and a howel?
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