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| flail [ flayl ] |
verb (past and past participle flailed, present participle flail·ing, 3rd person present singular flails) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb thrash around: to thrash or swing something around violently or uncontrollably, or move in this way
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2. transitive verb hit something: to strike or hit something
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noun (plural flails) |
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1. agriculture manual threshing implement: a manual threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle attached to a free-swinging wooden or metal bar
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2. arms weapon like flail: a weapon shaped like a threshing flail, used especially in the Middle Ages
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| [Pre-12th century. Probably via an assumed Old English word (influenced by Old French flaiel) < Latin flagellum (see flagellum)] |
