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flay

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  1. 1. v. t. To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. strip the skin off Source: wordnet
  3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 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. Source: adambom
  5. 5. v:100 v. strip the skin off Source: ecdict

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