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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) flay
to strip off the skin or outer covering of, as by whipping.

2. flay
to criticize or scold with scathing severity.

3. flay
to lash.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME flen, OE flēan)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) flay
strip the skin off

Definition of 'flay'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) 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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