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ferule
/ˈfɛɹuːl/
noun 1verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
huge, under
VERB + FERULE
rest, swayed
FERULE + NOUN
sceptre
PREP.
with
ADV.
only
Definitions
noun
1
A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand.
In his hand he swayed a ferule, that sceptre of despotic power; the birch of justice reposed on three nails behind the throne, a constant terror to evil doers, […].
He [a midshipman] lords it over those below him, while lorded over himself by his superiors. It is as if with one hand a school-boy snapped his fingers at a dog, and at the same time received upon the other the discipline of the usher's ferule.
verb
1
To punish with a ferule.
And they were right in their assumption; I could cudgel a great lubberly delinquent of a boy[…]but when it came to feruling a girl[…]my manhood rebelled[…].
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In his hand he swayed a ferule, that sceptre of despotic power; the birch of justice reposed on three nails behind the throne, a constant terror to evil doers, […].
Wiktionary02
He [a midshipman] lords it over those below him, while lorded over himself by his superiors. It is as if with one hand a school-boy snapped his fingers at a dog, and at the same time received upon the
Wiktionary03
The master, who stood at the end of the room, with a huge ferule under his arm, bent full upon me a look of stern appeal; […]
Wiktionary04
And they were right in their assumption; I could cudgel a great lubberly delinquent of a boy[…]but when it came to feruling a girl[…]my manhood rebelled[…].
Wiktionary05
All that is good is iron, the rest is only ferule.
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