flail

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FLA'IL, noun [Latin flagellum. We retain the original verb in flog, to strike, to lay on, Latin fligo, whence affligo, to afflict; plaga, a stroke, or perhaps from the same root as lick and lay. Gr. See Lick.] An instrument for thrashing or beating corn from the ear.
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