Found 2 items, similar to flay.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: flay flay v : strip the skin off
English → English (gcide) Definition: Flay 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. [1913 Webster] With her nails She 'll flay thy wolfish visage. --Shak. [1913 Webster]