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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 290 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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FERRULE , a small See also:

METAL
METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal cap or See also:

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring used for holding parts of a See also:

rod, &c., together, and for giving strength to weakened materials, or especially, when attached to the end of a stick, See also:

UMBRELLA

umbrella, &c., for preventing wearing or splitting. The word is properly verrel or verril, in which See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form it was used till the 18th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and is derived through the O. Fr. virelle, See also:

MODERN

modern II virole, from a Latin diminutive viriola of viriae, bracelets. The form in which the word is now known is due to the See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Latin ferrum, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron. " Ferrule " must be distinguished from " ferule " or `` ferula," properly the Latin name of the " See also:

GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

giant See also:

FENNEL

fennel." From the use of the stalk of this plant as a See also:

CANE

cane or rod for See also:

PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment, comes the application of the word to many See also:

INSTRUMENTS

instruments used in chastisement, more particularly a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat piece of See also:

wood or See also:

leather shaped somewhat like the See also:

SOLE (Solea)

sole of a' See also:

BOOT

boot, and applied to the palms of the See also:

hand. It is the See also:

COMMON

common form of disciplinary See also:

INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument in See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

SCHOOLS

schools; the See also:

pain inflicted is exceedingly See also:

sharp and immediate, but the effects are momentary and leave no See also:

CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance for any dangerous results. The word is sometimes applied to the See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary cane as used by schoolmasters.

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