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flense

[ flens ]

verb (used with object)

, flensed, flens·ing.
  1. to strip the blubber or the skin from (a whale, seal, etc.).
  2. to strip off (blubber or skin).


flense

/ flɛns; flɪntʃ; flɛntʃ /

verb

  1. tr to strip (a whale, seal, etc) of (its blubber or skin)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈflenser, noun
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Other Words From

  • flenser noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flense1

1805–15; < Danish flense or Dutch flensen
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flense1

C19: from Danish flense ; related to Dutch flensen
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Example Sentences

I scarcely believe that in the course of the day we met with a single piece of ice large enough to flense a seal upon.

It took us two hours to kill our first whale, and four to flense it.

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