Nasty word, flay. It means to peel or beat the skin of a person or animal, and not necessarily a dead one, either. Nowadays it more commonly means to criticize harshly someone or something, usually in public, leaving them raw and wounded.
To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of;
Verb
strip the skin off
v. t.
To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay
an ox; to flay the green earth.
Flay
With her nails She 'll flay thy wolfish visage.
Flayer
To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of;
Usage Examples
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