flay
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fleɪ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English flayen, flaien, fleien, from Old English *flīeġan ("to cause to fly, put to flight, frighten"; found only in compounds: āflīeġan), from Proto-Germanic *flaugijaną (“to let fly, cause to fly”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”).
deprive of
flay a flint
rip open
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