Flayed
[fleɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Flay
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Examples
- Would he have quartered him --flayed him? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In 277 the reigning monarch had him crucified and his body, for some unknown reason, flayed, and there began a fierce persecution of his adherents. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A flayed rabbit is as well covered as a bear in comparison. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- We have already mentioned (chap, xxxi, § 5) the Persian Mani who was crucified and flayed in the year 277. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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