All that is good is iron, the rest is only ferule.
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Ferule
/ˈfɛɹuːl/
Synonyms for "ferule" (25 found)
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In his hand he swayed a ferule, that sceptre of despotic power; the birch of justice reposed on three nails behind the throne, a constant terror to evil doers, […].
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He [a midshipman] lords it over those below him, while lorded over himself by his superiors. It is as if with one hand a school-boy snapped his fingers at a dog, and at the same time received upon the other the discipline of the usher's ferule.
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The master, who stood at the end of the room, with a huge ferule under his arm, bent full upon me a look of stern appeal; […]
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