Fer"u*la (?), n. [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.
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