beflay

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verb

To flay; strip; peel.

OriginMiddle English biflean ← Old English beflēan →
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Meanings

verbbeflay (third-person singular simple present beflays, present participle beflaying, simple past beflayed, past participle beflayed or beflain)

present singular third person beflays · participle present beflaying · past beflayed · participle past beflayed · participle past beflain

  1. dialectalobsoletetransitiveTo flay; strip; peel.

Origin

  1. Old Englishbeflēan“to peel, skin, flay”
  2. Middle Englishbiflean
  3. Englishbeflay

From Middle English biflean, from Old English beflēan (“to peel, skin, flay”), equivalent to be- + flay.

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Anagrams

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APA

beflay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beflay

MLA

“beflay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beflay. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beflay,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beflay.

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