FER'ULE, noun [Latin ferula, from ferio, to strike, or from the use of stalks of the Ferula.] 1. A little wooden pallet or slice, used to punish children in school, by striking them on the palm of the hand. [Ferular is not used.] 2. Under the Eastern empire, the ferula was the emperor's scepter. It was a long stem or shank, with a flat square head. FER'ULE, verb transitive To punish with a ferule
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