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

"But it was not as a knight of the ferule that you won this mark of distinction?" laughed the captain, touching a fluttering badge which depended from the chevalier's button-hole.

From Faithful Margaret A Novel by Ashmore, Annie

Down came the hard-wood ferule, whizzing through the air like a thing of life.

From Little Grandmother by May, Sophie

The ferrule of a walking-stick is a distinct word from ferule, an aid to education.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest