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fer⋅ule

1  [fer-uhl, -ool] noun, verb, -ruled, -ul⋅ing.
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–noun
1. Also, ferula. a rod, cane, or flat piece of wood for punishing children, esp. by striking them on the hand.
–verb (used with object)
2. to punish with a ferule.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME ferula, ferul(e) giant fennel < L ferula schoolmaster's rod (lit., stalk of giant fennel); r. OE ferele < L
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fer⋅ule

2  [fer-uhl, -ool]
–noun, verb (used with object), -uled, -ul⋅ing.
ferrule.

fer⋅rule

  [fer-uhl, -ool] noun, verb, -ruled, -rul⋅ing.
–noun
1. a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
2. a short metal sleeve for strengthening a tool handle at the end holding the tool.
3. a bushing or adapter holding the end of a tube and inserted into a hole in a plate in order to make a tight fit, used in boilers, condensers, etc.
4. a short ring for reinforcing or decreasing the interior diameter of the end of a tube.
5. a short plumbing fitting, covered at its outer end and caulked or otherwise fixed to a branch from a pipe so that it can be removed to give access to the interior of the pipe.
6. Angling.
a. either of two fittings on the end of a section of a sectional fishing rod, one fitting serving as a plug and the other as a socket for fastening the sections together.
b. one of two or more small rings spaced along the top of a casting rod to hold and guide the line.
–verb (used with object)
7. to furnish with a ferrule.
Also, ferule.

Origin:
1605–15; alter. (appar. conformed to L ferrum iron, -ule ) of verrel, verril, late ME virole < MF (c. ML virola) < L viriola, equiv. to viri(a) bracelet + -ola -ole 1
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fer·ule   (fěr'əl)   
n.  An instrument, such as a cane, stick, or flat piece of wood, used in punishing children.
tr.v.   fer·uled, fer·ul·ing, fer·ules
To punish with a ferule.

[Middle English ferul, fennel stalk, from Latin ferula, fennel stalk, rod.]
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Ferule

Fer"ule\ (? or ?; 277), n. [L. ferula: cf. F. f['e]rule. See Ferula.] A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment.

Ferule

Fer"ule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feruled; p. pr. & vb. n. Feruling.] To punish with a ferule.
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ferule 
c.1420, from M.E. ferula "fennel plant," from L. ferula "fennel plant or rod," probably related to festuca "stalk, straw, rod."
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