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Nov 27, 2009
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flail



Pronunciation: (flāl), [key]
—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.
2. a similar instrument used as a weapon of war.

—v.t., v.i.
to beat or swing with or as if with a flail.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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