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fer·ule1    Audio Help   [fer-uhl, -ool] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -ruled, -ul·ing.
–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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–noun, verb (used with object), -uled, -ul·ing.
ferrule.
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fer·ule    Audio Help   (fěr'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
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 
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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ferule

noun
a switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children 

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Ferule

Fer"u*la\, n. [L. ferula giant fennel (its stalks were used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire to strike; akin to OHG. berjan, Icel. berja. Cf. Ferule.]

1. A ferule. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

2. The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
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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.
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