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Definition of Flense
1. Verb. Strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal).
Definition of Flense
1. v. t. To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.
Definition of Flense
1. Verb. To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flense
1. to strip the blubber or skin from [v FLENSED, FLENSING, FLENSES]
Medical Definition of Flense
1. To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. "the flensed carcass of a fur seal." (U. S. Census (1880)) Origin: Cf. Dan. Flense, D. Vlensen, vlenzen, Scot. Flinch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flense
Literary usage of Flense
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Minnesota State Conference of Social Work, Minnesota State Conference of Charities and Correction (1905)
"If the o flense is made a felony the person charged lies idle in jail; ...
It ought to be an extraditable o flense. I have discussed both the civil and the ..."
2. Exercises to the Rules and Construction of French Speech: Consisting of by Louis Chambaud (1815)
"234-, D.) and we should say, for instance, He minds me ; It pens ea moi. '•me;
II flense a moi. ~tr II me ^ - us ; II flense a nous. f n0t ) // *on, ..."
3. A Naval Encyclopædia: Comprising a Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases (1880)
"flense. To strip off the blubber of a whale. Flesh. ... See flense. FLINCH-OUT.
See FLENCH-OUT. Flinders. Splinters of wood. Flint. ..."
4. Arctic adventures by William Henry G. Kingston (1882)
"Notwithstanding this the whale was brought alongside, and every effort was made
to flense it rapidly. Still the ice was coming closer and closer. ..."
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