See also:

• FLAIL (from Lat. flagellum, a whip or scourge, but used in the Vulgate in the sense of " flail "; the word appears in Dutch vegel, Ger. Flegel, and Fr. Pau)

FLAIL (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. flagellum, a See also:

• WHIP

whip or See also:

• SCOURGE (Ital. scoriada, from Lat. excoriare, to flay, corium, skin)

scourge, but used in the See also:

• VULGATE (from Lat. vulgus, the common people)

Vulgate in the sense of " flail "; the word appears in Dutch vegel, Ger. See also:

• FLEGEL, EDWARD ROBERT (1855-1886)

Flegel, and Fr. See also:

• PAU

Pau)  , a See also:

• FARM

farm See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand-See also:

• IMPLEMENT (Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill)

implement formerly used for threshing See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn . It consists of a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short thick See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club called a " Swingle " or " swipple " attached by a rope or See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather thong to a wooden handle in such a manner as to enable it to See also:

• SWING, DAVID (1830-1894)

swing freely . The " See also:

• FLAIL (from Lat. flagellum, a whip or scourge, but used in the Vulgate in the sense of " flail "; the word appears in Dutch vegel, Ger. Flegel, and Fr. Pau)

flail " was a weapon used for military purposes in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages . It was made in the same way as a threshing-flail but much stronger and furnished with See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron spikes . It also took the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain with a spiked iron See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball at one end swinging See also:

• FREE

free on a wooden or iron handle . This weapon was known as the " See also:

• MORNING

morning See also:

• STAR

star " or See also:

• HOLY

holy See also:

• WATER

water sprinkler." During the panic over the Popish See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England from 1678 to 1681, clubs, known as " See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant flails," were carried by alarmed Protestants (see See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

GREEN RIBBON CLUB) .