Flail vs. Mace

Flailnoun

A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long handle with a shorter stick attached with a short piece of chain, thong or similar material.

Flailnoun

A weapon which has the (usually spherical) striking part attached to the handle with a flexible joint such as a chain.

Flailnoun

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.

Flailnoun

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

Flailnoun

an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing

Flailverb

give a thrashing to; beat hard

Flailverb

move like a flail; thresh about;

Flailnoun

a threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it.

Flailnoun

a device similar to a flail, used as a weapon or for flogging.

Flailnoun

a machine having a similar action to a flail, used for threshing or slashing

Flailverb

wave or swing wildly

Flailverb

flounder; struggle uselessly

Flailverb

beat or flog (someone)

Flailverb

cut (vegetation) with a flail

Flail

A flail is an agricultural tool used for threshing, the process of separating grains from their husks. It is usually made from two or more large sticks attached by a short chain; one stick is held and swung, causing the other (the swipple) to strike a pile of grain, loosening the husks.

Macenoun

A heavy fighting club.

Macenoun

A ceremonial form of this weapon.

Macenoun

A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.

Macenoun

An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.

Macenoun

A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.

Macenoun

(archaic) A billiard cue.

Macenoun

An old money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael.

Macenoun

An old weight of 57.98 grains.

Macenoun

A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.

Macenoun

Tear gas or pepper spray, especially for personal use.

Maceverb

To hit someone or something with a mace.

Maceverb

To spray in defense or attack with mace (pepper spray or tear gas) using a hand-held device.

Maceverb

(informal) To spray a similar noxious chemical in defense or attack using an available hand-held device such as an aerosol spray can.

Macenoun

A money of account in China equal to one tenth of a tael; also, a weight of 57.98 grains.

Macenoun

A kind of spice; the aril which partly covers nutmegs. See Nutmeg.

Macenoun

A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; - used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor.

Macenoun

A staff borne by, or carried before, a magistrate as an ensign of his authority.

Macenoun

An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority; a macebearer.

Macenoun

A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.

Macenoun

A rod for playing billiards, having one end suited to resting on the table and pushed with one hand.

Mace

A chemical preparation containing tear gas in a solvent, packaged in the form of a spray, and used to temporarily incapacitate people, such as rioters or criminals, by causing intense eye and skin irritation; also called chemical mace. It is designed to be a non-lethal weapon for defending against violent people.

Macenoun

(trademark) a liquid that temporarily disables a person; prepared as an aerosol and sprayed in the face, it irritates the eyes and causes dizziness and immobilization

Macenoun

an official who carries a mace of office

Macenoun

spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed

Macenoun

a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority

Macenoun

a staff of office, especially that which lies on the table in the House of Commons when the Speaker is in the chair, regarded as a symbol of the authority of the House.

Macenoun

a heavy club with a spiked metal head.

Macenoun

the reddish fleshy outer covering of the nutmeg, dried as a spice.

Maceverb

spray (someone) with Mace