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

When a child was sent to school in those days, the classic phrase was that he was placed under Mr. So-and-so's ferule.

From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George

He sighed, striking at the ground with the ferule of his stick.

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard

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