Flaying ppl. a.

[f. FLAY + -ING².] That flays.

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1663. Butler, Hud., I. ii. 966.

	Cou’d not the Whipping-Post prevail
	With all its Rhet’rick, nor the Jail,
	To keep from flaying Scourge thy Skin,
	And Ankle free from Iron Gin?

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1728. Gay, Begg. Op., II. i. Matt. Poor Brother Tom had an Accident this time Twelvemonth, and so clever a made fellow he was, that I could not save him from those fleaing Rascals the Surgeons; and now, poor Man, he is among the Ottamys at Surgeons Hall.

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