flay🔊

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

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To frighten; scare; terrify.

(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To be fear-stricken.

(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.