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flense

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Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

flensev. t. [Cf. Dan. flense, D. vlensen, vlenzen, Scot. flinch.].
     To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.  [1913 Webster]
    "the flensed carcass of a fur seal."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

flense, v.tr. (also flench, flinch)
1 cut up (a whale or seal).
2 flay (a seal).

Etymology
Da. flense: cf. Norw. flinsa, flunsa flay

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