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 ferule always lies upon the teacher’s desk, and serves also as a tally.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.

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

He went straight to Zeus’ throne and filled a ferule with it, and carried it to his people.

From Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children by Cooke, Flora J. (Flora Juliette)