present participle of flay

The act by which something is flayed.

plural of flaying

(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cause to fly; put to flight; drive off (by frightening). / (transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A fright; a scare. / (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Fear; a source of fear; a formidable matter; a fearsome or repellent-looking individual.

To strip the skin off; to skin. / To lash or whip.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of flay

simple past tense and past participle of flay

A surname.