flail (fleɪl) n. 1. an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which is attached a freely swinging stick or bar.

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1. To beat (plants) with a machine or by hand to separate the grain from the straw: flail, thrash. 2. To hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows: assail, assault, baste, batter, beat, belabor, …

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Define Flaily. Flaily synonyms, Flaily pronunciation, Flaily translation, English dictionary definition of Flaily. a. 1. Acting like a flail. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by …

1. to beat soundly in punishment; flog. 2. to defeat thoroughly. 3. to beat or move wildly or violently; flail. 4. thresh.

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Flail a primitive agricultural implement for threshing grain, consisting of a wooden handle up to 2 m long and a short (up to 0.8 m) beater connected by a rawhide strap.