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Flag"ship` (?), n. (Naut.)
The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or
squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.

Flag"staff` (?), n.; pl.
-staves (&?;) or -staffs (&?;).
A staff on which a flag is hoisted.

Flag"stone` (?), n. A flat stone
used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See
Flag, a stone.

Flag"worm` (?), n. (Zoöl.)
A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.

Flail (?), n. [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.

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