flay

IPA: fɫˈeɪ

(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.
A surname.

(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.
(intransitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken.
To strip the skin off; to skin.
To lash or whip.

Examples of "flay" in Sentences

Why is it necessary to flay the creationist
He was subjected to being flayed alive at the docks.
In the meantime, though, he is being flayed by rivals.
Slay is the young pup of Flay, who was kidnapped by Caleb.
We're supposed to flay the harridan as an example to others.
It can envelope things in swirling sand and flay them to the bone.
He is an avid practitioner of the old Bolton custom of flaying enemies.
Butcher represented quite a touchline sight, with arms flaying everywhere.
Wow, most of this article is dedicated to flaying Johnson and the ID movement.
Some kindled fires, others collected wood, and the strongest hunted the cattle, while the invalids slew, and skinned, and flayed.