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
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
We know full well that you Will keep him long at tasks that speak Of books and ferule, too!
From Oklahoma Sunshine by Miller, Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin)
