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Definition of Flayed
1. flay [v] - See also: flay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flayed
Literary usage of Flayed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"... water river they had found there; where they flayed fo long, that the General
thought his men not only enough ..."
2. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"It was shortly before Gardener went out to burn the grass that John Tilly was
captured, tied to a stake, flayed alive; burning coals were thrust into his ..."
3. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1791)
"... no a£Hon fies ; See the not« if he be of no trade, nor ufed to buy and fell.
Trin. 2 Jac. В.] °° pl's ' 'p insufficient ¡ and judgment wai flayed. ..."
4. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"... castles and possessions which belonged to the empire ; and all those whom he
took prisoners in the castles he either flayed alive or hung on the gibbet. ..."
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