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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Flay

/(flā)/ · IPA /fleɪ/
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
  1. 1.
    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.