a. Obs. rare–1. In 7 flaly. [f. FLAIL sb. + -Y1.] Acting like a flail.
1632. Vicars, trans. Virgil’s Æneid, V. 123.
| At once all furrows plow, the strugling streams | |
| O’re all the main gape wide, boile foamie streams, | |
| With flaly-oares and slicing foredecks fierce. |
