| 单词 | ferule |
| 例句 | Mr. Sharpe did not seem sensible that these hands he cut with the ferule were the same which, an hour later, bleeding, bandaged, arranged his frock-coats according to his order. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Yen picked up his ferule and hit it like a student. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A discipline of unlimited autocracy, upheld by rods, and ferules, and the black hole. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He believes in the gospel of ferule and whips, and has perfect faith in the efficacy of flogging in homes and schools. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z As she ran she caught her thick parasol by the ferule and swung it aloft. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Then Miss Simmonds stuck her big umbrella ferule down in the turf, and took the big book from under her arm. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z He sighed, striking at the ground with the ferule of his stick. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Bateaux are navigated up stream by means of slender poles of spruce, about twelve or fifteen feet in length, armed with an iron point, confined by a ferule or iron band around its extremity. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z When you have towed it ashore, finding that it has broken off close to the ferule, which is immoveably fixed in the lower half of your rod. Maxims and Hints on Angling, Chess, Shooting, and Other Matters also, Miseries of Fishing 2011-07-24T02:00:08.580Z But the ferule, the pen, the pestle, I abhor. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z People said the steel ferule of the umbrella had attracted the electric current. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z “Ferrule” must be distinguished from “ferule” or “ferula,” properly the Latin name of the “giant fennel.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z He then walked twice around him; having done which he confronted him again, thumped the ferule of his umbrella on the floor, and says he: "Well!" The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z “There, there, there!” said the vicar, impatiently, as he placed the obnoxious ferule upon the floor, and pressed it down there with both hands. A Little World "But it was not as a knight of the ferule that you won this mark of distinction?" laughed the captain, touching a fluttering badge which depended from the chevalier's button-hole. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z The man's face was almost hidden by his cap and by the blue puffs of his pipe; the girl's was averted towards the ground where, with the ferule of her umbrella, she lazily drew signs. A Bed of Roses The scholars simply bar the front door, and amuse themselves in using the teacher’s ferule for a bat, and the Trimetrical Classic, or the Confucian Analects, for a ball. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology Previously to this, during his nominal rule in the Netherlands, his visit to Spain, and his candidature for the Empire, he seemed, as it was said, spell-bound under the ferule of his minister Chi�vres. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Jenny used to sit for hours together in St. James's Park, scratching aimlessly upon the gravel with the ferule of her parasol. Carnival This was way back, just before the Revolutionary War, and in those days every school-teacher kept a stout stick on his desk, called a ferule, with which to slap the naughty pupils' hands. The Child's Book of American Biography He then describes the ferule—"that almost obsolete weapon now." Old and New London Volume I The ferule always lies upon the teacher’s desk, and serves also as a tally. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology He went straight to Zeus’ throne and filled a ferule with it, and carried it to his people. Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children "Burglars!" said he.—"Henry, you merit the ferule." Shirley The ferule always made the hand burn and sting, and if the teacher were harsh, he sometimes blistered a boy's hand. The Child's Book of American Biography He held out his right hand, and spat! came the blow from a heavy ferule. Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine When a child was sent to school in those days, the classic phrase was that he was placed under Mr. So-and-so's ferule. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges The tent was furnished with two upright poles and a ridge-pole, each one of which was made in two pieces, and joined together with ferules, like a fishing-rod. Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly "His ferule was sharp as a knife," said overgrown Jo Tucker, the butt of the school. Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly One time, after the Quaker had used the ferule on Robert until his own arm ached, he cried: "There, that will make you do something, I guess." The Child's Book of American Biography He gave another round, bringing the ferule down with great force. Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine We know full well that you Will keep him long at tasks that speak Of books and ferule, too! Oklahoma Sunshine The insulation from the copper wall is made by a rubber stopper through which this piping is passed, the stopper being crowded into a brass ferule which is stoutly soldered to the copper wall. Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man And what way is more natural, under such circumstances, than to resort to the use of the ferule, the rod, and the strap! Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes Think of the old Quaker teacher, Caleb Johnson, trying to ferule a few ideas into Robert Fulton's head! The Child's Book of American Biography "I'd like to ferule yours," he gritted between his set teeth. From the Car Behind The addition of a ferule was the next step; and the omission of the tang, and amalgamation of the ferule with the blade, gave rise to the socketed spear-head. The Bronze Age in Ireland The insulation between the water-pipe and the brass ferule has been the subject of much experimenting and is discussed on page 24. Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man In fact, his taste seemed now to run to the very opposite extreme, for the points on which he insisted were length, stiffness, and a long and if possible somewhat pointed ferule. Simon She even exaggerated, pinched her lips, like a school-girl applying herself to her book for fear of the ferule. The Bill-Toppers Like some of the masters in the Old High School,—such cruelty dates back more than thirty years,—a ferule, or a pair of tawse kept Jacko to his work. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. The “runner,” “ferule,” “cap,” “band,” etc., form what is called umbrella furniture and for these articles there is a special manufactory. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls No; it was the thought of the master, that dreadful man with the ferule and the birch sticks. Little Grandmother But the ordinary public chastisement was the bastinado, a stroke or two on the palm with that almost obsolete weapon now, the ferule. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 He had a stick in his hand, which seemed to be armed at the lower end with a little ferule of iron. Rollo in London The ferrule of a walking-stick is a distinct word from ferule, an aid to education. The Romance of Words (4th ed.) Just then, the stern face of Mr. Ball, the master, appeared at the door; he rapped sharply with his ferule, and called: “Books, books, books!” The Hoosier School-boy If he should curve his elbow in the least, it would get a rap from the master's ferule. Little Grandmother There are two deep grooves, or ferules, cut midway of their length, a distinctive characteristic of the modern flute paho. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 They make use of neither ferule nor threats, yet they achieve everything. The Simple Life He held out his right hand, and received the blow from a heavy ferule. Winning His Way "That's the most hoyden jade I'm sure you ever gave the ferule to." Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Down came the hard-wood ferule, whizzing through the air like a thing of life. Little Grandmother Plate clxxiv, e, f, have the same ferules referred to in the description above, but are of greater diameter. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 There was the little Fifeshire school, with its umbrageous playground, where he had been a merry laughing lad, and where Dominie Angus had given him his first taste of ferule and Fotherup. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion Some discussion arose, when, with the ferule in his hand, he directed me to hold out mine. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. But, like children, we deviate from the road, however well we know it, and run into mire and puddles in despite of frown and ferule. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The ferule and the birch were constantly employed. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham “Janet told you I was a widow,” Hilda began, gazing at the ferule of her umbrella, which gleamed on the ground. Clayhanger The bajans are summoned into the Abbot's Court, where each of them receives, pro forma, a blow from a ferule. Life in the Medieval University The chief weapon of torture was the ferule, to the efficacy of which I can testify from much personal knowledge. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 An “eyewinker” placed in the palm of the hand will cause the ferule to break when the teacher strikes the palm with it. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk He comes back as poor as he went, save in experience and the languages, and resumes the ferule with the determination not again to abandon it for the pen of the public employ�. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 A lucky lunge which drove the ferule of my umbrella down the brute's throat fortunately created a diversion, and allowed a little more time for the study of the problem. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg I, too, was taught the alphabet with blows, and all the knowledge I possessed before I went to West Point was spanked into me by the ferule of those old schoolmasters. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z We are glad to know that Edward Valpy’s ferule was weak, though his scholarship was strong. Isopel Berners The History of certain doings in a Staffordshire Dingle, July, 1825 Pine tar or pitch in the hand will prevent the blows of the ferule from causing pain. Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk She could ferule a boy just as well as a man could. Comfort Pease and her Gold Ring Another weazen-faced, pinched-up fellow in a scant cloak, you think must have been sometime a schoolmaster: he is so very precise, and wears such an indescribable look of the ferule. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons He examined the ferule of his Malacca cane nervously. The Big-Town Round-Up He and young Musgrave had learnt their letters under the same ferule, though their paths had diverged since. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax Captain Jack stood holding the spy's walking stick, ferule end upward. The Submarine Boys and the Spies Dodging the Sharks of the Deep According to the methods of education fifty years ago, it was quite customary for the teacher to punish a school-child with his ferule or ruler. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson Even the springy usher, who dressed his hair with the ferule, has become the middle-aged father of five curly-headed boys, and has entered upon what once seemed the gigantic commerce of "stationery and account-books." Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons Whether 'tis easier in the mind to suffer The deaf'ning clamor of some fifty urchins, Or take birch and ferule 'gainst the rebels, And by opposing end it? The Olden Time Series, Vol. 5: Some Strange and Curious Punishments Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts But it won't do to learn it under the ferule of professors who want to cram their own views forcibly into your nut. His Masterpiece The master looks at his great silver watch, and then with tiresome deliberation, puts the ferule into his desk. True Stories of History and Biography "Look you, rebel, you had best heed how you talk against General Lord Howe," here said a thin, wasp-waisted, epauletted officer of the castle, coming near and flourishing his sword like a schoolmaster's ferule. Israel Potter Andrew Weir, as he was in those days, went to school at Kirkcaldy, where he was chiefly notable for seeking information on more subjects than came under the jurisdiction of his pedagogue's ferule. The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster The staff was tipped with an iron ferule which unfortunately hit the young man on the temple, and he fell senseless at his father's feet. The Empire of Russia One of the women maintained discipline by means of her corset-board used as a ferule. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years For such offenders, if any such there be, a rod of birch is hanging over the fire-place, and a heavy ferule lies on the master's desk. True Stories of History and Biography I'd like to 'board 'round' the way grandma did, and rap on the window with a ferule, and 'choose sides' and all that! Jimmy, Lucy, and All "Thee may hold out your hands now, and I shall ferule thee—the whole school," was the stern remark of the young teacher, as she took off her spectacles to wipe the holes. Little Prudy's Sister Susy And is not that emblem of omniscience and authority, the schoolmaster's ferule, directly of the cane family? Walking-Stick Papers Who it is makes little difference, but children being helpless and the law giving us the right, we find gratification by falling upon them with straps, birch-rods, slippers, ferules, hairbrushes or apple-tree sprouts. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Therefore, sport, boys, while you may; for the morrow cometh, with the birch-rod and the ferule; and after that, another Morrow, with troubles of its own. True Stories of History and Biography That small, white hand, which had been held out tremblingly, to receive the blows of the harsh ferule, now lay lovingly folded within the other. The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls Beginning as a school-teacher, he early threw aside the ferule and the chalk, to get into the world of action. The New North Now, Mr. Davis had declared limes a contraband article, and solemnly vowed to publicly ferule the first person who was found breaking the law. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 The inverted compass, which was fastened by a copper ferule to the woodwork of the cabin, broke off and fell on the floor. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen About the year 1850 Susan B. Anthony hid her ferule away. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 Stroke after stroke of the hard ferule I heard fall upon the small white hand of the innocent child. The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls Let me ask you sir,' he added, bringing the ferule of his stick heavily upon the deck with the air of a man who must not be equivocated with, 'how do you like my Country?' Martin Chuzzlewit They are masters who instruct us without rod or ferule, without angry words, without clothes or money. The Love of Books The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury She hid her face when Miss Stone whipped any one—more fearful far than the rise and fall of Miss Stone's ferule was the soaring and sinking of her broad, bristling eyebrows. The Cost Reproaches, the ferule, the dark cell, were his portion, and with his quick and delicate senses he suffered intensely from the want of air in the class-rooms. Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings Those sweet blue eyes, swimming in tears, were ever before me; the repeated strokes of the hard ferule kept sounding in my ears. The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls I jumped from the wagon, and, tying my handkerchief to the ferule of my umbrella, advanced, waving it and shouting, "A flag of truce!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 He knew his masters by their ferules and they him. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene Whether the metal ferule that had attached the instrument to the rafters had become rusty, or whether it had been worn away by additional friction it seemed impossible to settle. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain My grandmother sent me to school, but I looked at the master, and saw that he was a smooth round ferule, or an improper noun, or a vulgar fraction, and refused to obey him. Prue and I He beat the rock at his feet with the ferule of his stick, and could not lift his head again. A Modern Instance Laying by his wig and cane, therefore, and once more wielding the ferule, he resumed the character of the pedagogue, and for some time reigned as vicegerent over the academy at Peckham. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography These," he says, "are the masters who instruct us without rods and ferules, without hard words and anger, without clothes or money. The Pleasures of Life No words of chastisement passed his lips; no rule and ferule maintained his discipline. Autobiography of a Yogi His rod and his ferule were seldom idle now—at least among the smaller pupils. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 5. No mere ferule will answer for this offence. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 2. The much- castigated gentleman with the ferule is largely innocent in this account. Mankind in the Making The tubes are secured in the tube plates by means of taper ferules driven into the ends of the tubes. A Catechism of the Steam Engine Such souls there may be, among those endowed with the awful control of the ferule, but they are rare in the fresh and natural regions we describe. The Best American Humorous Short Stories 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. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War Why should he learn the multiplication table with greater rapidity because you ferule him soundly? Children's Rights A book of nursery logic That chap is too lean and hungry to have much stomach for a fight; he looks better fitted for wielding the ferule than the sword. The Iron Game A Tale of the War In cases where ferules are not employed, it may be advisable to set out the tube behind the tube plate by means of an expanding mandrel. A Catechism of the Steam Engine My grandmother sent me to school, but I looked at the master, and saw that he was a smooth, round ferule—or an improper noun—or a vulgar fraction, and refused to obey him. The Best American Humorous Short Stories Some polish the entire spear-head, others only its socket or ferule; commonly, however, it is all blackened by heating it to redness, and rubbing it with cow's horn. First Footsteps in East Africa “We can't go on talking,” the botanist begins, and ducks aside just in time to save his eye from the ferule of a stupidly held umbrella. A Modern Utopia "The Schoolmaster Abroad" is a rampant divinity with a ferocious ferule; at home he is a meek person in slippers. Without Prejudice The tubes are sometimes of iron, but generally of brass fixed in by ferules. A Catechism of the Steam Engine It was by their ferules that I always knew them, and they me. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope One end of the filament is connected to the metal screw ferule at the base. The Story of Electricity And he handed George a long stick with a heavy iron ferule. It Is Never Too Late to Mend "The leathern ferule played its terrible role with honour" among Minions, Smalls, Mediums, and Greats. Balzac The sectional area of the tubes through the ferules should be as large as possible. A Catechism of the Steam Engine I suppose I must have been in the writing master's class, but though I can call to mind the man, I cannot call to mind his ferule. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope A splendid Jupiter, with hair well set up off the fine brow, ambrosial beard, silver thunderbolts in one hand, and a well-worn ferule in the other. Jo's Boys I am—er—inclined to believe that the worthy Randall must have dropped this in ferule—if you know what that means. Stalky & Co. There, against the wall, they always stood—a whole sheaf of them, formed of new ash stems, with a spike driven in at one end, the stick being preserved from splitting by a ferule. The Trumpet-Major Tubes without ferules it is found pass one fourth more air, and tubes with ferules only at the smoke box end pass one tenth more air than when there are ferules at both ends. A Catechism of the Steam Engine And whenever I made a point, I rapped it on the pavement with the ferule of my walking stick; as one would say, 'you owe me for that!' The Sleuth of St. James's Square It was but half-hospitality to let her remain outside; to punish him for which Isabel administered innumerable taps with the ferule of her straight young wit. The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 Come, come, you old Smut, there, bear a hand, and let's have that ferule and buckle-screw; I'll be ready for them presently. Moby Dick, or, the whale I have constantly met with fools who would boast of the days of pensums, ferules, and crusts of dry bread. The Vicomte De Bragelonne It is furnished with 181 brass tubes 1-7/8 inch diameter and 10 feet long, secured at the ends by ferules. A Catechism of the Steam Engine The girl who remained on shore plucked up enough panic-courage to catch her gaudy pink parasol by the ferule and to swing its heavy handle with all her fear-driven strength at Lad's skull. Further Adventures of Lad This particular line of beauty attained, there ensued great pinchings of ruffles; the fingers that could never hold a ferule nor snap children's ears being incomparable fluting-irons. The Flag-Raising Aunt Hannah was very kind and motherly, but she kept us in fear of her ferule, which indicated to us a possibility of smarting palms. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA) He distributed whacks of his ferule with an agility no one could have expected on the part of so corpulent a person. The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard Our ferules are thought rather barbarous, but a gentle touch from a slender twig not at all so. Letters from England The master looks at his great silver watch, and then, with tiresome deliberation, puts the ferule into his desk. Grandfather's Chair Fastened to the ferule of the cane was the round top of a paste-board pill box. The Red Seal Our recommendation is, that you erase it before the arrival of the ferule. The Egoist Dost thou remember, Mike, what thou saidst when the schoolmaster's ferule was over thee for striking up thy father's crutches?—it is a wise child, saidst thou, that knows its own father. Kenilworth The ferule, or the birch-rod, was in those days the assistant schoolmaster, and young Barnum made its acquaintance. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum What care they for the ferule and birch rod now? Grandfather's Chair I have constantly met with fools who would boast of the days of pensums, ferules and crusts of dry bread. Ten Years Later "You have neglected to translate them, entirely forgetting that not everybody has been professor in a college, and knight of the ferule, like yourself." Captain Fracasse We sold the carved sheaths of our krisses—the ivory sheaths with golden ferules. Tales of Unrest For such offenders, if any such there be, a rod of birch is hanging over the fireplace, and a heavy ferule lies on the master's desk. Grandfather's Chair Therefore sport, boys, while you may, for the morrow cometh, with the birch rod and the ferule; and after that another morrow, with troubles of its own. Grandfather's Chair |
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