dial. [f. FLAY v.] A part of a plough, for ‘flaying’ or paring off the surface of the ground.
1805. R. W. Dickson, Pract. Agric., I. 8. An iron earth plate firmly screwed to the coulter, which in some places is called a flay.
1879. Miss Jackson, Shropsh. Word-bk., Flay.… Part of a plough: it goes before the coulter, and pares off the surface of the ground, turning it under the furrow which the plough makes, and so burying grass or weeds more effectually than could otherwise be done.
