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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).
Also, flench [flench] , flinch.


Origin:
1805–15; < Dan flense or D flensen


flenser, noun
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