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flense

  [flens]
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–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

Related forms:
flenser, noun
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flense   (flěns)   
tr.v.   flensed, flens·ing, flens·es
To strip the blubber or skin from (a whale, for example).

[Norwegian.]
flens'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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