Associations to the word «Flay»

Wiktionary

FLAY, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening).
FLAY, verb. (transitive) (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.
FLAY, verb. (intransitive) (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) To be fear-stricken.
FLAY, noun. (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) A fright; a scare.
FLAY, noun. (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.
FLAY, verb. To strip skin off
FLAY, verb. To lash

Dictionary definition

FLAY, verb. Strip the skin off.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin