English-Thai Dictionary

flail

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLAIL

n.[L. flagellum. We retain the original verb in flog, to strike, to lay on, L. 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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLAIL

Flail, n. Etym: [L. flagellum whip, scourge, in LL. , a threshing flail: cf. OF. flael, flaiel, F. fléau. 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. His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn. Milton.

 

2. An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded. Fairholt. No citizen thought himself safe unless he carried under his coat a small flail, loaded with lead, to brain the Popish assassins. Macaulay.

 

FLAILY

FLAILY Flail "y, a.

 

Defn: Acting like a flail. [Obs. ] Vicars.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flail

flail |flāl fleɪl | ▶noun a threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it. • a similar device used as a weapon or for flogging. • a machine for threshing or slashing, with a similar action. ▶verb 1 wave or swing or cause to wave or swing wildly: [ no obj. ] : his arms were flailing helplessly | [ with obj. ] : he flailed his arms and drove her away. • [ no obj. ] flounder; struggle uselessly: I was flailing about in the water | he flailed around on the snow. 2 [ with obj. ] beat; flog: he escorted them, flailing their shoulders with his cane. ORIGIN Middle English, from Old English fligel, based on Latin flagellum ‘whip ’ (see flagellum ); probably influenced in Middle English by Old French flaiel or Dutch vlegel.

 

Oxford Dictionary

flail

flail |fleɪl | ▶noun a threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it. • a device similar to a flail, used as a weapon or for flogging. • a machine having a similar action to a flail, used for threshing or slashing: [ as modifier ] : a flail hedge trimmer. ▶verb 1 wave or swing wildly: [ no obj. ] : his arms flailed as he sought to maintain his balance. • [ no obj. ] flounder; struggle uselessly: I was flailing about in the water. 2 [ with obj. ] beat or flog (someone ). he escorted them, flailing their shoulders with his cane. • Brit. cut (vegetation ) with a flail: the modern practice of flailing hedges every year with mechanical cutters. ORIGIN Old English, of West Germanic origin, based on Latin flagellum ‘whip ’ (see flagellum ); probably influenced in Middle English by Old French flaiel or Dutch vlegel.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

flail

flail verb 1 he fell headlong, his arms flailing: wave, swing, thrash about, flap about. 2 I was flailing about in the water: flounder, struggle, thrash, writhe, splash. 3 he flailed their shoulders with his cane: thrash, beat, strike, flog, whip, lash, scourge, cane; informal wallop, whack.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

flail

flail verb 1 he fell headlong, his arms flailing: wave, swing, thrash about, flap about, beat about, windmill, move erratically. 2 I was flailing about in the water: flounder, struggle, thrash, thresh, squirm, wriggle, writhe, twist, splash, stumble, blunder, fumble, wiggle, twitch. 3 he flailed their shoulders with his cane: thrash, beat, strike, batter, drub, flog, whip, lash, scourge, flay, flagellate, strap, switch, tan, cane, tan /whip someone's hide, give someone a hiding, beat the living daylights out of, clout, welt, belabour; informal wallop, whack, lam, give someone a (good ) hiding, larrup.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flail

flail /fleɪl /名詞 C 殻竿 （からざお ） 〘麦などの脱穀農具 〙.動詞 他動詞 自動詞 1 (〈穀物 〉を )殻竿で打つ ; (…を )打つ .2 (〈手足など 〉を )激しく振り回す (about ).