Pronunciation : Flay
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. flean, flan, AS. fle?n; akin to D. vlaen, Icel. fla, Sw. fl?, Dan. flaae, cf. Lith. ples to tear, plyszti, v.i., to burst tear; perh. akin to E. flag to flat stone, flaw.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Flayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flaying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913