ferule
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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
If he should curve his elbow in the least, it would get a rap from the master's ferule.
From Little Grandmother by May, Sophie
The addition of a ferule was the next step; and the omission of the tang, and amalgamation of the ferule with the blade, gave rise to the socketed spear-head.
From The Bronze Age in Ireland by Coffey, George
The insulation from the copper wall is made by a rubber stopper through which this piping is passed, the stopper being crowded into a brass ferule which is stoutly soldered to the copper wall.
From Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man by Benedict, Francis Gano
The mouth-piece is made of a circlet of silk-grass, and the farther end is feruled with a kind of nut, forming a sight.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
He has his volunteer Bodyguard of Tappe-durs, let us say Strike-sharps, fierce Patriots with feruled sticks; and Jacobins kissing the hem of his garment.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
“I thank you, Mamie,” said she at last; and she stroked the little hand given to her so loyally for the sacrificial feruling, but she turned her eyes away.
From Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story by Robbins, Mrs. S. S.
For another full minute he stared down at the girl, but he apparently had no longer any thought of feruling her.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)
