Flay (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flaying.] [OE. flean, flan, AS. fle�xa0;n; akin to D. vlaen, Icel. fla, Sw. fl�x86;, 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.
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