2. Noun. The act by which something is flayed. ¹
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Definition of Flaying
1. flay [v] - See also: flay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flaying
Literary usage of Flaying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1900)
"34) Ike-hagi saka-hagi, explained as “flaying a living animal in the direction
from the tail ... In stigmatizing “flaying alive and backwards” as a crime, ..."
2. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"flaying too deep a game, and if the Maroons had given us the slip, should have
had a dreadful reckoning to account to the King, this country, ..."
3. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"The fun was very low when we came to this place, and we had fome thoughts of
flaying there all night, but the people gave us no great encouragement, ..."
4. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Alive with the Head Out of Ground — Partial flaying—Dislocations — Scalped
and Abandoned — A Ghastly Tragedy—The Story of an Apache Girl — Yellow Legs. ..."
5. The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and by Charles Knight (1857)
"But there was gloom flaying at Buckler*. Maids dancing for Garlands. amongst the
rulers of the city ; for a rumour had gone forth, that in consequence of ..."
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