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Definition of Ferule
1. Noun. A switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children.
Definition of Ferule
1. n. A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment.
2. v. t. To punish with a ferule.
Definition of Ferule
1. Noun. A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To punish with a ferule. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ferule
1. to ferrule [v -ULED, -ULING, -ULES] - See also: ferrule
Medical Definition of Ferule
1. A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, especially. On the hand, in punishment. Origin: L. Ferula: cf. F. Ferule. See Ferula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferule
Literary usage of Ferule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short But Comprehensive System of the Geography of the World: By Way of by Nathaniel Dwight (1808)
"... A. The southern part of this country is ferule, and pro^ duces grain plentifully.
The other productions are like those of Denmark and Sweden, ..."
2. The Massachusetts Teacher by Massachusetts Teachers Federation, Massachusetts Teachers' Association (1854)
"I have, sir; I cannot lie, says the honest boy ; and his reward is the ferule or
the rod. Let not a Christian practise what a pagan scorned. ..."
3. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"frowning and looking big upon the trembling urchins, in boxing, slashing, striking
with the ferule, and in the exercise of all their other methods of ..."
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