FLENSE

flense

(verb) strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

flense (third-person singular simple present flenses, present participle flensing, simple past and past participle flensed)

To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.

Synonyms

• flay, fleece, skin

Source: Wiktionary


Flense, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Dan. flense, D. vlensen, vlenzen, Scot. flinch.]

Definition: To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. the flensed carcass of a fur seal. U. S. Census (1880).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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