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feruled

feruled is the simple past and past participle of ferule.

Meaning of ferule

Verb

ferule (third-person singular simple present ferules, present participle feruling, simple past and past participle feruled)

  1. (transitive) To punish with a ferule.
    • And they were right in their assumption; I could cudgel a great lubberly delinquent of a boy[…]but when it came to feruling a girl[…]my manhood rebelled[…].1862, William S. Woodbridge, Captain Paul's Adventure: A "Charcoal Sketch": Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine, Volume 15, page 72

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Questions about feruled

What is feruled the simple past and past participle of?
Feruled is the simple past and past participle of ferule.

Words near feruled in the dictionary

  1. ferulas
  2. ferulate
  3. ferulated
  4. ferulates
  5. ferule
  6. feruled
  7. ferules
  8. ferulic
  9. ferulic acid
  10. feruling
  11. ferulings

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