Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ferule"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ferule \Fer"ule\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feruled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Feruling}.]
To punish with a ferule.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ferule
n : a switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish
children
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