| Flail (flail) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Flail |
| [L. flagellum
whip, scourge, in LL., a threshing flail: cf. OF. flael,
flaiel, F. fléau. See Flagellum.] |
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.
An ancient military weapon, like the
common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of
spikes, or loaded.
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