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Definition of: ferule
(fer′əl, -
l) noun
1. A flat stick or ruler sometimes used for punishing children.
2. Punishment; discipline.
—v.t. fer·uled, fer·ul·ing To punish with a ferule. [<L ferula FERULA]
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