All that is good is iron, the rest is only ferule.
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Ferule
//ˈfɛɹuːl//
Synonyms for "ferule" (26 found)
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Translations
10 translations across 9 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- fèrula noun (ruler-shaped instrument)
Dutch
1 entries- plak noun (ruler-shaped instrument)
French
1 entries- férule noun (ruler-shaped instrument)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- دكنك noun (ruler-shaped instrument)
- صوپه noun (ruler-shaped instrument)
Portuguese
1 entries- palmatória noun (ruler-shaped instrument)
Russian
1 entries- ферула noun (ruler-shaped instrument)
Spanish
1 entries- férula noun (ruler-shaped instrument)
Swedish
1 entries- färla noun (ruler-shaped instrument)
Turkish
1 entries- değnek noun (ruler-shaped instrument)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
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, […].
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
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; […]
Source: wiktionary
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