FLENSING

Verb

flensing

present participle of flense

Noun

flensing (plural flensings)

The act of one who flenses; the operation of stripping off blubber.

Source: Wiktionary


FLENSE

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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