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1. (n.) flail
an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.
2. (v.i.) flail
to beat or swing with or as if with a flail.
Etymology: (bef. 1100; ME fleil, OE flighel. See flagellum)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) flail
an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing
2. (verb) thrash, thresh, lam, flail
give a thrashing to; beat hard
3. (verb) flail, thresh
move like a flail; thresh about
"Her arms were flailing"
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1. (noun) flail
an instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely
2. (noun) flail
an ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded
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