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Meanings of ferrule in anglès
Any of a number of types of objects, generally used for fastening, joining, sealing or reinforcement.
Usage of ferrule in anglès
1
The ferrule will be of hollow lead covering a bit of scrip.
2
But no sound of breaking bone came when buckshot-filled ferrule met arm.
3
He advised me to laugh at the ruler, the ferrule, and the rod.
4
The carabiner that had been clipped to the broken ferrule was also busted.
5
It is the Umbrella-oldfamiliar bone-handle, brass ferrule-ina bran-new dress of alpaca!
6
He poked at the corner of the desk with the ferrule of his cane.
7
The Pope paused, scraped the gravel with the ferrule of his stick, and said:
8
So it must have no ferrule, and the handle must be heavy and straight.
9
He struck the ferrule of his umbrella on the stone floor of the colonnade.
10
Th' salt takes th' color out o' this here brass ferrule, an' rubber's safer.
11
A conical iron ferrule or cap is also placed on the butt of the shaft.
12
So he chose one Achille whose ferrule was bright and who carried the number 154.
13
With the ferrule of his walking-stick Denis began to scratch the boar's long bristly back.
14
It was a rather long, slender-looking ferrule of steel.
15
The ruler is for the head, as you have seen; the ferrule is for the hand.
16
But what interested young Benson most was that he had found that the ferrule was hollow.
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