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flail
(encz) | flail,cep n: |
flail
(encz) | flail,mlátit do obilí v: |
flail
(encz) | flail,rozhazovat v: např. rukama Pino |
flail
(encz) | flail,rozhodit v: např. rukama Pino |
flail
(encz) | flail,řemdih n: Vladimír Návrat |
Flail
(gcide) | Flail \Flail\, n. [L. flagellum whip, scourge, in LL., a
threshing flail: cf. OF. flael, flaiel, F. fl['e]au. See
Flagellum.]
1. 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.
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His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn. --Milton.
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2. An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often
having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or
loaded. --Fairholt.
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No citizen thought himself safe unless he carried
under his coat a small flail, loaded with lead, to
brain the Popish assassins. --Macaulay.
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flail
(wn) | flail
n 1: an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging
stick at the end; used in manual threshing
v 1: give a thrashing to; beat hard [syn: thrash, thresh,
lam, flail]
2: move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"
[syn: flail, thresh] |
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flailing
(encz) | flailing, |
military flail
(encz) | military flail,řemdih n: Vladimír Návrat |
Flail
(gcide) | Flail \Flail\, n. [L. flagellum whip, scourge, in LL., a
threshing flail: cf. OF. flael, flaiel, F. fl['e]au. See
Flagellum.]
1. 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.
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His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn. --Milton.
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2. An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often
having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or
loaded. --Fairholt.
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No citizen thought himself safe unless he carried
under his coat a small flail, loaded with lead, to
brain the Popish assassins. --Macaulay.
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Flaily
(gcide) | Flaily \Flail"y\, a.
Acting like a flail. [Obs.] --Vicars.
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