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释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > cane or switch (11) sallow twigc1440 ferule-rod1528 attributive and in other combinations, as †ferule-rod; ferule-fingered adj. Obsolete whose fingers are liable to the ferule. ferule1559 = ferula, n. 2. ferula1579 From the use of the fennel-stalk in Roman times: A cane, rod, or other instrument of punishment, esp. a flat piece of wood (see ferule, n. 2); figur… cane1590 A suitable length of a cane stem, especially of one of the slender palms, prepared and used for a walking-stick, or as a rod for beating. Hence, by… ferular1594 = ferula, n. 2. saplinga1712 used as a switch. jemmy1753 A light cane, a switch. Obsolete. rare. bamboo rattan1796 sallow switch1802 lathi1850 A long heavy stick, usually of bamboo and bound with iron. Also attributive. |
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