01 v. t. To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth.
imp. & p. p.
Flayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flaying
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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.