flail

n : an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick

at the end; used in manual threshing

v 1: give a thrashing to; beat hard [syn: {thrash}, {thresh}, {lam}]

2: move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

[syn: {thresh}]

FLAIR

An early system on the {IBM 650}.

[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].

(1995-03-17)