GRE Word List
FLAIL
a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
The meaning of the word flail is a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely.
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