| flay | 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) Origin: OE. Flean, flan, AS. Flean; akin to D. Vlaen, Icel. Fla, Sw. Fla, Dan. Flaae, cf. Lith. Ples to tear, plyszti, v.i, to burst tear; perh. Akin to E. Flag to flat stone, flaw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
|---|---|
| flayer | One who strips off the skin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |