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 man's face was almost hidden by his cap and by the blue puffs of his pipe; the girl's was averted towards the ground where, with the ferule of her umbrella, she lazily drew signs.

From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel

He had a stick in his hand, which seemed to be armed at the lower end with a little ferule of iron.

From Rollo in London by Abbott, Jacob

But the ferule, the pen, the pestle, I abhor.

From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie