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Definition of Ferrules
1. ferrule [v] - See also: ferrule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferrules
Literary usage of Ferrules
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Water Supply of Towns and the Construction of Waterworks: A Practical by William Kinnimond Burton (1894)
"Tapered ferrules are shown in the Figs. ... Screwed ferrules are illustrated in
Fig. 247, 248. They are much to be preferred to tapered ferrules. ..."
2. Science of Fishing: The Most Practical Book on Fishing Ever Published by Arthur Robert Harding (1912)
"Serrated and welted German silver ferrules, which are the finest thing you can
... I advise the use of German silver ferrules. They are harder and stronger ..."
3. More about the Black Bass by James Alexander Henshall (1898)
"The male ferrules should be of a corresponding length, say one inch, ...
The ferrules should be perfectly fitted to each other throughout their entire ..."
4. Manual of artificial limbs: ... an Exhaustive Exposition of Pro[s]thesis. by A.A. Marks (Firm), A.A. Marks (Firm, George Edwin Marks (1907)
"ferrules FOR PEG LEGS.—Cut E 57 represents an aluminum peg-leg ferrule and rubber
tip. Cut E 58 represents the aluminum ferrule separate, ..."
5. The Practical Tool-maker and Designer: A Treatise Upon the Designing of by Herbert S. Wilson (1898)
"To give ferrules special shapes for a part of their length, it is only necessary
to carry out the ideas given under the head of shouldering, ..."
6. A Treatise on Marks' Patent Artificial Limbs with Rubber Hands and Feet by George Edwin Marks (1888)
"248 ferrules and No. 249 rubber tips. Price per pair, rosewood, $6.00. ...
248 ferrules and number 249 rubbers. Price per pair, $4.00. ..."
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