FERRULE
\fˈɛɹuːl], \fˈɛɹuːl], \f_ˈɛ_ɹ_uː_l]\
Definitions of FERRULE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth.
By Oddity Software
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A bushing for expanding the end of a flue to fasten it tightly in the tube plate, or for partly filling up its mouth.
By Noah Webster.
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A metal ring or cap placed at the end of a stick, etc., to strengthen it; as, the ferrule of an umbrella.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A metal ring on a staff, etc., to keep it from splitting; in steam-boilers, a bushing for expanding the end of a flue.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A ring of metal put about the end of a staff. In dentistry, a metallic band or ring, applied to the end of the root or the crown of a natural tooth to strengthen it. [Fr]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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