fley
verb
ˈflā 
fleyed; fleying; fleys
transitive verb
Scotland
: frighten
Word History
Etymology
Middle English flayen, from Old English āflēgan, from ā-, perfective prefix + -flēgan to put to flight
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined above
- paleobiological
- paleobiologies
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- paleobiology
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- paleobotany
- Paleocene
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- paleoconservative
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