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Webster 1913 Edition
Ferula
‖
Fer′u-la
,Noun.
[L.
ferula
giant fennel (its stalks were used in punishing schoolboys), rod, whip, fr. ferire
to strike; akin to OHG. berjan
, Icel. berja
. Cf. Ferule
.] 1.
A ferule.
[Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.
2.
The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.