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1.
flēn
v.(2)
76 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) To strip the skin from (a person, a part of someone's body); also, to tear the skin to shreds (by blows, scourging, etc.); to strip (the skin from the flesh);
flen of
, to flay off (the skin);
flen
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