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Definition of Flesher
1. n. A butcher.
Definition of Flesher
1. Noun. A person who removes the flesh from the skin during the making of leather. ¹
2. Noun. A tool used to remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flesher
1. one that removes flesh from animal hides [n -S]
Medical Definition of Flesher
1. 1. A butcher. "A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down." (Macaulay) 2. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flesher
Literary usage of Flesher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"An attempt to rescue this sur- lame from absorption into flesher s found so ...
A butcher is still a flesher in Scotland, and the ' flesh-market ' is not ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England by Henry Robert Plomer (1907)
"He died before March 7th, 165!, on which date his widow, Anne Slater, assigned
her rights in his copies to James Fletcher or flesher. [Stationers' Registers ..."
3. Check-list Or Brief Catalogue of the Library of Henry E. Huntington (English by George Watson Cole, Philip Sanford Goulding (1919)
"London, by MF [Miles flesher?] for John London, by MF [Miles flesher] for John
Marriot, 1639. sm. 8vo. 3d Ed. Sig.: A-Z8; Aa-Dd8. (Chew). [ ] Pseudo-Martyr. ..."
4. Burgh Laws of Dundee: With the History, Statutes, & Proceedings of the Guild by Alex Johnston Warden, Dundee (Scotland). (1872)
"THE flesher TRADE. ... or flesher Trade, stands sixth in order among the Nine
Incorporated Trades of Dundee. The date of its erection into a distinct Craft ..."
5. Reports of Cases Decided in the Circuit and District Courts of the United by Lewis Hamilton Bond, Humphrey Howe Leavitt (1872)
"flesher. balances antecedent to the last quarter were extinguished by tbe ...
SOLOMON flesher ET XL. A demurrer to a bill in equity will be sustained on the ..."
6. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the High Court of Chancery, by the Vice by Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Walter de Longueville Giffard, John Stuart (1862)
"flesher. Ordered that the defendant flesher deliver up possession of the farms
... Declare defendant flesher entitled to compensation in respect of monies ..."
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