v. [UN-2 4.] trans. To divest of skin; to flay. Also fig.

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1598.  Florio, Discotennare, to flea, to vnskin.

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a. 1652.  Brome, New Acad., IV. ii. I’le … not only unmask, but unskin her face too.

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1655.  Moufet & Bennet, Health’s Improv., xxx. 278. Flaying and unskinning themselves as it were of reasons robe.

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