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Webster 1913 Edition
Flay
Flay
(flā)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flayed
(flād)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flaying
.] [OE.
flean
, flan
, AS. fleán
; akin to D. vlaen
, Icel. flā
, Sw. flå
, Dan. flaae
, cf. Lith. pleszti
to tear, plyszti
, v.i., to burst, tear; perh. akin to E. flag
a flat stone, flaw
.] To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of;
as, to
flay
an ox; to flay
the green earth.With her nails
She ’ll
She ’ll
flay
thy wolfish visage. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Flay
FLAY
,Verb.
T.
1.
To skin; to strip off the skin of an animal; as, to flay an ox.2.
To take off the skin or surface of any thing. [Not used.]