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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Belly-flaucht, a. Also: bely-, belli(e)-; -flawcht, -flaught. [Corresp. to mod. Icel. belg-fláttur (for ON. *-flaht-r). Cf. Norw. dial. belgfletta v., flaat n. a flayed skin.] With the skin pulled off entire over the head. a1400 Leg. S. ix. 316.
Quhare he apone the croice wes down, & bely flawcht flede [L. excoriatus] alsone 1456 Hay I. 48/25.
That consul … slew it [the dragon], and gert fla it belyflaucht, and bring the skyn with him to Rome a1500 Henr. Fab. 2889.
Syne bowellit thame that boucheour with his bill, And belliflaucht full fettillie thame flaid a1500 Prestis of Peblis 627.
Thus fla thay all the puir men belly flaucht ?1549 Monro West. Isles 63.
Quhen they slay their sheipe. they flay them belly-flaught c1550 Rolland C. Venus ii. 373.
[To be] Flane bellieflawcht on thé it war weill set