Flāy, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. FLAYED; p. pr. & vb. n. FLAYING.] [A-S. fleán, Sw. flå, Dan. flaae, O. D. vlaen, vlaeelen, vlaeghen, N. D. villen. Cf. FLAW.] To skin; to strip off the skin of; as, to flay an ox.

With her nails She'll flay thy wolfish visage. Shak.