ferule

Example Sentences

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A kind of miracle happened: the ferule of the teacher became the poet's magic wand.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yen picked up his ferule and hit it like a student.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

The same evil omens will likewise appear at the ferule end of his gold-knobbed walking-stick.

From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Goodman, Walter

When you have towed it ashore, finding that it has broken off close to the ferule, which is immoveably fixed in the lower half of your rod.

From Maxims and Hints on Angling, Chess, Shooting, and Other Matters also, Miseries of Fishing by Penn, Richard

“There, there, there!” said the vicar, impatiently, as he placed the obnoxious ferule upon the floor, and pressed it down there with both hands.

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville