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flense
CIDE DICTIONARY
flense, v. 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).
1 cut up (a whale or seal).
2 flay (a seal).
Etymology
Da. flense: cf. Norw. flinsa, flunsa flay
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