Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of ferrule.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
metal cap on thebutt end of aweapon shaft , often having asharp point .
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Examples
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The three locked ferril-backed books, with five worn pocket-books, he put aside.
Kim 2003
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"Who'd've thought this would come of me breakin 'me leg tryin' t 'get me Mum the last of the ferril flowers?"
And Other Tales Of Valdemar Lackey, Mercedes 1997
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I allus promise t 'pick the last ferril flowers I can find for me Mum, and I hadn't gone and got 'em this year.
And Other Tales Of Valdemar Lackey, Mercedes 1997
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The three locked ferril-backed books, with five worn pocket-books, he put aside.
Kim Rudyard Kipling 1900
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In another note, Watt says: "I find my drill readily makes 2400 turns per minute, even with the large drill you sent last; if I bear lightly, a three-quarter ferril would run about 3000, and by an engine that might be doubled."
Men of Invention and Industry Samuel Smiles 1858
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If Draft FCB has its way you'll soon begin to disassociated Vodacom with that little ferril rodent bastard and begin to associate it with yellow taxis and the yellow hues bouncing off of the urban landscape!
Muti 2009
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