A manual threshing device consisting of a long wooden handle or staff and a shorter, free-swinging stick attached to its end.
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A hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely.
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A threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it.
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verb-transitive
To beat or strike with or as if with a flail: flailed our horses with the reins.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To thresh using a flail.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To wave or swing vigorously; thrash: flailed my arms to get their attention.
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verb-intransitive
To move vigorously or erratically; thrash about: arms flailing helplessly in the water.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To strike or lash out violently: boxers flailing at each other in the ring.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To thresh grain.
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verb
To strike with or as if with a flail .
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To move, swing, or beat as if wielding a flail .
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To thresh (grain) with a flail.
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To move, swing, or beat like a flail.
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Wave or swing wildly.
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