flayern.
/ˈfleɪə/, U.S. /ˈfleɪər/ 1. One who flays; also figurative one who ‘fleeces’ or practises extortion.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [noun] > stripping or uncovering so as to leave bare > stripping of skin > one who
flayerc1440
skinner1699
the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] > one who
wringera1300
askera1325
extortionerc1375
exactor1382
scaffer?a1513
shaver1534
caterpillar1541
bloodsucker?1555
suck-purse1586
griper1587
extortor1590
exacter1596
extorter1605
barathrum1609
wreather1648
shark1713
vampire1741
bleeder1846
flayer1865
extortionist1885
Shylock1894
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 165/1 Flear of beest, excoriator.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scórticaporcélli, a fleaer of hogs.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xiii. §1 Euery Fox must yeeld his owne skin and haires to the flayer.
1800 J. Hurdis Favorite Village iv. 152 Her lamb By the bleak season slain, her welted coat Yields to the flayer.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. i. 6 Pubsey and Co...are..Regular flayers and grinders.
2. Historical (transl. French écorcheur). One of a number of French brigands in the 14th century, who ‘flayed’ or pillaged the people.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] > in other countries
dacoit1788
gang-robber1812
bush-ranger1817
klepht1820
flayer1832
ranger1840
dacoity1849
sticker-up1853
boh1888
demon1909
shifta1920
1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics xiv. 310 The French..had bands called flayers (écorcheurs).
1891 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 416 His whole life was spent in raids..upon the Brabanters, late-comers, flayers, free companions [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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F-layer
4. F-layer, F-region: the highest and most strongly ionized layer in the ionosphere; the Appleton layer.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > [noun] > specific regions of > specific regions of ionosphere
Heaviside layer1911
F-region1928
D-region1930
E-region1930
sporadic E-layer1937
ledge1949
protonosphere1960
topside1962
1928 E. V. Appleton in Papers Internat. Union Sci. Radio Telegr. 1927 i. 2/1 ‘Reflection’..takes place at an upper layer (F layer) which is richer in ionization.
1930 E. V. Appleton in Proc. Royal Soc. A. 126 550 The normally polarised components of primary, secondary and tertiary downcoming rays from F region would be F1, F2 and F3, etc.
1930 Appleton & Green in Proc. Royal Soc. A. 127 170 During the (a) series [of day-time tests]..out of eight runs there were three on which E layer only was recorded, three on which F layer only was recorded, and two days on which both were recorded simultaneously.
1942 Electronic Engin. 14 632 The F layer..is composed of two parts..the lower part, at about 130 miles' height..and the upper, at 200 miles.
1968 G. M. B. Dobson Exploring Atmosphere (ed. 2) viii. 153 During the night..the ionization of the E region is much reduced, and that of the F1 region is reduced enough to make it indistinguishable from the F2 region and the two become a single F region.
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