† beflakev.
Obsolete. rare.
To take off an external layer, to skin in thin flakes.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of outer layer > strip in scales
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1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxxvi. 234 So to pare off the husk that it [madder] may be..beflaked or flayed that it may all go one way.
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