SPELLS DICTIONARY-F
Creates a splint. Used by Remus Lupin in PoA to bind Ron's leg in the Shrieking Shack. The name ferula comes from Latin, and means "carrier" or "vehicle".
Stops the effects of spells. Snape uses it in CoS to restore order in the Dueling Club. Lupin uses the short form "Finite" in OotP also.
With this spell, the caster's wand can leave fiery marks of the caster's choosing. Used by Hermione in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic to identify which doors they had already opened by marking an "X" on them. From the Latin root flagrant or flagrare, meaning blazing.
Makes boils appear on the victim. Used in GoF when Harry and Draco Malfoy get in a fight and Harry hits Gregory Goyle accidentally. Later, on the return journey of the Hogwarts Express, Harry casts this spell on Vincent Crabbe while George Weasley casts the Jelly-Legs Jinx; however, the mixture causes little tentacles to sprout all over Crabbe's face.
