0 present participle of flay
1 to remove the skin from a person's or animal's body
figurative The critics really flayed (= severely criticized) his new book.
It seems desirable that these processes, and flaying, should be carried on in accordance with the most efficient and economical technique that can be provided.
He seemed to be flaying out in all directions, many of which had nothing to do with the subject matter of the debate.
The papers even said that they were flaying them alive.
Flaying signed the order, the justice of the peace was in great difficulty.
The instruction in hide flaying and the treatment of offals is being widely availed of and much improvement has been effected in these branches of the trade.
He has been emotionally scarred by witnessing the flaying of a superior officer and several nights spent in a dried-up well.
The chest has an incision, made in order to extract the heart of the victim before flaying.
This is often referred to as flaying alive.
