1) Hickory stick 2) Instrument of punishment 3) Item for Wackford Squeers 4) Old-school rapper 5) Rod of a kind 6) Stick of old school days 7) Switch 8) Switch iron and lead 9) Whip 1) Scourge 
cane or rod used for punishment
• (n.) A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment. • (v. t.) To punish with a ferule.
Fer'ule noun [ Latin ferula : confer French férule . See Ferula .] A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment. Fer'ule transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Feruled ; present participle & verbal noun Feruling .] To punish with a ferule. 
[n] - a switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children
noun a switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children