Crossword-Solution: FERULA
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ferula | n. | A ferule. |
| Ferula | n. | The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| FERULA | anagram | EARFUL, LAUFER |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
EZMAEC
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eruption
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Sentences with FERULA (5)
Behold! when but a youth, thou fierce didst whip Upright the crooked age, and gilt vice strip; A senator praetext, that knew'st to sway The fasces, yet under the ferula; Rank'd with the sage, ere blossome did thy chin, Sleeked without, and hair all ore within, Who in the school could'st argue as in schools: Thy lessons were ev'n academie rules.
And I that am the rectifier of all, By title _pædagogus_, that let fall The birch upon the breeches of the small ones, And humble with a ferula the tall ones, Do here present this machine, or this frame.
His ferula was stuck on the other side, like Harlequin's wooden sword; and he carried in his hand the tattered volume which he had been busily perusing.
The old gentleman jumped up, ferula in hand, and darted across the school, and saw himself upon the fatal slate.
Others think that this proverb admonisheth the guests to forget everything that is spoken or done in company; and agreeably to this, the ancients used to consecrate forgetfulness with a ferula to Bacchus, thereby intimating that we should either not remember any irregularity committed in mirth and company, or apply a gentle and childish correction to the faults.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1985–1995).