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Them that's ill fleyed are seldom sair hurt.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

An' then she was unco fleyed when she found I didna haud wi' the Athanasian creed.

From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas

He wasna easy fleyed, an' gaed straucht up to the wa's; and what suld he find there but a man, or the appearance of a man, sittin' in the inside upon a grave.

From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

“Dinna be fleyed, my bonny burdy,” she said, addressing the unbonnetted young lady, who was still apparently dozing in the corner.

From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Willis, Herbert

He wasna easy fleyed, an’ gaed straucht up to the wa’s; an’ what suld he find there but a man, or the appearance o’ a man, sittin’ in the inside upon a grave.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis