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flay

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flay  (fl)
tr.v. flayed, flay·ing, flays
1. To strip off the skin or outer covering of.
2. To strip of money or goods; fleece.
3. To whip or lash.
4. To assail with stinging criticism; excoriate.
[Middle English flen, from Old English flan.]
flayer n.
flay
Verb
1. to strip off the skin of, esp. by whipping
2. to criticize severely [Old English flēan]
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Verb1.flay - strip the skin off
peel, pare, skin - strip the skin off; "pare apples"
flay
verb 1. skin, strip, peel, scrape, excoriate, remove the skin from
verb 2. upbraid, slam (slang) castigate, revile, tear into (informal) diss (slang), chiefly U.S. excoriate, tear a strip off, execrate, pull to pieces (informal) give a tongue-lashing, criticize severely
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The Lion commanded him immediately to tell him the cure, when he replied, "You must flay a wolf alive and wrap his skin yet warm around you.
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But may the devil flay me if I understand what they mean with their Esmeralda
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
This is certain, that some time before, he had used some poor pagan merchants in that manner, and had caused the executioner to begin to flay them, when some Brahmin, touched with compassion, generously contributed the sum demanded for their ransom.
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