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Definition of: flail
(flāl) noun
1. An implement consisting of a wooden bar (the swingle) hinged or tied to a handle, for separating grain by beating.
2. A medieval weapon with spiked iron swingle.
—v.t. & v.i. To beat with or as with a flail; use a flail; thresh. [OE flygel, prob. <L flagellum a whip]
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