(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:41:38

Flense (?), v. t. [Cf. Dan. flense, D. vlensen, vlenzen, Scot. flinch.]

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

the flensed carcass of a fur seal. U. S. Census (1880).

 

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