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Flail
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flail [flāl]
(agriculture)
A manual device for threshing consisting of a long wooden handle with a free-swinging stick attached to the end.
flail
A device for breaking or crushing material by means of one or more hammers which are hinged or pivoted about a rotating axle.
Flail 

a primitive agricultural implement for threshing grain, consisting of a wooden handle up to 2 m long and a short (up to 0.8 m) beater connected by a rawhide strap.
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Although the flail segment was still present, there was less paradoxical movement and repeated chest radiography showed early callus formation over some of the anterior ribs.
Flail chest in a neonate resulting from nonaccidental trauma by Tobias, Joseph D. / Southern Medical Journal
 
 
 
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