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

Jenny used to sit for hours together in St. James's Park, scratching aimlessly upon the gravel with the ferule of her parasol.

From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton

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

He went straight to Zeus’ throne and filled a ferule with it, and carried it to his people.

From Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children by Cooke, Flora J. (Flora Juliette)