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ferule
1[ fer-uhl, -ool ]
ferule
2[ fer-uhl, -ool ]
noun
, fer·uled, fer·ul·ing.
ferule
1/ -rəl; ˈfɛruːl /
noun
- a flat piece of wood, such as a ruler, used in some schools to cane children on the hand
verb
- rare.tr to punish with a ferule
ferule
2/ ˈfɛruːl; -rəl /
noun
- a variant spelling of ferrule
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ferule1
1375–1425; late Middle English ferula, ferul ( e ) giant fennel < Latin ferula schoolmaster's rod (literally, stalk of giant fennel); replacing Old English ferele < Latin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ferule1
C16: from Latin ferula giant fennel, whip, rod; the stalk of the plant was used for punishment
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Example Sentences
Perhaps we may think the ferule well deserved when we read of the schoolboy's trick immortalized by Persius.
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And from the rod or ferule I would have them free, as from the menace of them; for it is both deformed and servile.
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The master looks at his great silver watch, and then, with tiresome deliberation, puts the ferule into his desk.
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The machine resembled a green gingham circus tent, and it was crowned with a ferule as large as a barrel.
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People said the steel ferule of the umbrella had attracted the electric current.
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