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(1):

(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.

(2):

(n.) An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded.