- (n.) An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes or loaded.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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