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Definition of Ferules
1. ferule [v] - See also: ferule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ferules
Literary usage of Ferules
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities in the Museum of the Royal Irish by Royal Irish Academy Museum, William Robert Wilde (1863)
"Handles and ferules.—Notwithstanding the immense length of time which must have
elapsed since these spear, javelin, and arrow-heads were in use, ..."
2. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities in the Museum of the Royal Irish by William Robert Wilde, Royal Irish Academy Museum (1863)
"Handles and ferules. ... Figure 390 is drawn from one of the largest of these
ferules, 16 inches in • In ..."
3. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Antiquities of Stone, Earthen, and Vegetable by William Robert Wilde (1861)
"... to which these articles were ferules. Their small, decorated, pipe- like ends
are but little worn, proving, should this conjecture as to their use a; ..."
4. A Catechism of the Steam Engine in Its Various Applications to Mines, Mills by John Bourne (1868)
"The chimney of a locomotive should have half the area of the tubes at the ferules,
which is the most contracted part, and the blast orifice should have ..."
5. A Treatise on the Steam Engine in Its Application to Mines, Mills, Steam by Artizan club (London, England) (1853)
"The tool in which the ferules are made consists of three pieces ; one piece is
set in the ... In brass tubes the use of ferules appears to be indispensable, ..."
6. A Catechism of the Steam Engine: Illustrative of the Scientific Principles by John Bourne (1854)
"The ferules are for the most part made of steel at the fire box end, and of
wrought-iron at the smoke box end, though ferules of malleable cast-iron have in ..."
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