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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
flay    Audio Help   [fley] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object)
1.to strip off the skin or outer covering of.
2.to criticize or scold with scathing severity.
3.to deprive or strip of money or property.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME flen, OE fléan; c. MD vlaen, ON flā]

flayer, noun

2. castigate, excoriate, upbraid, chew out.
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flay    Audio Help   (flā)  Pronunciation Key 
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 flēan.]

flay'er n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
flay 
O.E. flean "to skin" (strong verb, pt. flog, pp. flagen), from P.Gmc. *flakhanan (cf. M.Du. vlaen, O.N. fla), from PIE root *plak- (cf. Gk. plessein "to strike").

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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flay

verb
strip the skin off 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Flay

Flain\, obs. p. p. of Flay. --Chaucer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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