Flaying

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flay \Flay\ (fl[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flayed} (fl[=a]d); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Flaying}.] [OE. flean, flan, AS. fle['a]n; akin
     to D. vlaen, Icel. fl[=a], Sw. fl[*a], Dan. flaae, cf. Lith.
     pleszti to tear, plyszti, v.i., to burst, tear; perh. akin to
     E. flag a flat stone, flaw.]
     To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an


     ox; to flay the green earth.
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           With her nails
           She 'll flay thy wolfish visage.         --Shak.
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