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De - Pt| English Dictionary: flay | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Flay \Flay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flaying}.] [OE. flean, flan, AS. fle[a0]n; akin to D. vlaen, Icel. fl[be], Sw. fl[86], 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. | |
