frails

Noun (1)

frail (plural frails)

1. (dated, slang) A girl.
   • She was the roughest, toughest frail, but Minnie had a heart as big as a whale.1931, Cab Calloway, Irving Mills, Minnie the Moocher

Noun (2)

frail (plural frails)

1. A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
2. The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
3. A rush for weaving baskets.

Noun (3)

frail (plural frails)

1. Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”).

   Synonyms:

   farasola

Noun (4)

frail (plural frails)

1. (England, dialectal, obsolete) Synonym of flail.
   • The scythe, the sickle and the flail (or "frail", is it is invariably called) - these should surely be incorporated in the county arms, for on their use much of the prosperity of Essex has always rested until now.1948, C. Henry Warren, The English Counties, Essex: Odhams, page 170

   Synonyms:

   flail

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