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Thesaurus: flay

To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth.

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  1. v. t. To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth.
  2. v. strip the skin off
  3. 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.
  4. To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay anox; to flay the green earth.With her nails She 'll flay thy wolfish visage. Shak.
  5. v:100 v. strip the skin off