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

“There, there, there!” said the vicar, impatiently, as he placed the obnoxious ferule upon the floor, and pressed it down there with both hands.

From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville

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

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard

But the ordinary public chastisement was the bastinado, a stroke or two on the palm with that almost obsolete weapon now, the ferule.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various