† 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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v.1652- to beat the liver and lights out of
- to beat the liver and lights out of a person
- to beat the liver and lights out of a thing
- to beat the living daylight out of
- to beat the living daylights out of
- to beat the living shit, hell, etc, out of
- to beat the living shit, hell, etc, out of a person
- to beat the living shit, hell, etc, out of a thing
- to beat the market
- to beat the nail back
- to beat the pants off
- to beat the pants off a person
- to beat the pistol
- to beat the price
- to beat the rap
- to beat the rappel
- to beat the record
- to beat the reveille
- to beat the soul case out of
- to beat the stream
- to beat the streets
- to beat the stuffing out of
- to beat the system
- to beat the tar out of
- to beat the trade