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ferulings

ferulings is the plural of feruling.

Meaning of feruling

Noun

feruling (plural ferulings)

  1. Punishment with a ferule.
    • In the old days when feruling was common in the schools, the boys had a belief that if they spit in their hand before the teacher struck it, the ferule would break in two at the first blow.1896, Clifton Johnson, “Charms”, in What They Say in New England (non-fiction), Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Lee and Shepard Publishers, page 43

Questions about ferulings

What is ferulings the plural of?
Ferulings is the plural of feruling.

Words near ferulings in the dictionary

  1. feruled
  2. ferules
  3. ferulic
  4. ferulic acid
  5. feruling
  6. ferulings
  7. Ferullo
  8. Ferullos
  9. feruloyl
  10. feruloylated
  11. feruloylation

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