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flay |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flay \Flay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flayed}; p. pr & vb n. {Flaying}.] [OE. flean, flan, AS fle['a]n; akin to D. vlaen, Icel. fl[=a], Sw fl[*a], Dan. flaae, cf Lith. ples? to tear, plyszti v.i., to burst tear; perh. akin to E. flag to 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 flay thy wolfish visage. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flay v : strip the skin off
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