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Definition of the day : « ferule »

  • As in cudgel : noun baton for hitting
  • As in whip : verb hit repeatedly
  • As in chastise : verb scold, discipline
  • As in flog : verb whip, lash
Example sentences :
  • "I'd like to ferule yours," he gritted between his set teeth.
  • Extract from : « From the Car Behind » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • No; it was the thought of the master, that dreadful man with the ferule and the birch sticks.
  • Extract from : « Little Grandmother » by Sophie May
  • If he should curve his elbow in the least, it would get a rap from the master's ferule.
  • Extract from : « Little Grandmother » by Sophie May
  • The man with the umbrella drew with the ferule of it a line on the ground.
  • Extract from : « The Monster » by Edgar Saltus
  • “Suffragettes,” gasped Uncle Jim with the ferule at his throat.
  • Extract from : « The History of Mr. Polly » by H. G. Wells
  • But it was not as a knight of the ferule that you won this mark of distinction?
  • Extract from : « Faithful Margaret » by Annie Ashmore
  • As she ran she caught her thick parasol by the ferule and swung it aloft.
  • Extract from : « Lad: A Dog » by Albert Payson Terhune
  • Two or three of you, I fear, are doomed to feel the master's ferule.
  • Extract from : « Grandfather's Chair » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He beat the rock at his feet with the ferule of his stick, and could not lift his head again.
  • Extract from : « A Modern Instance » by William Dean Howells
  • The ferule and a long flexible hickory switch were the insignia of office of the school mistress.
  • Extract from : « Men of Our Times » by Harriet Beecher Stowe