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Definition of Fleshes

1. flesh [v] - See also: flesh

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleshes

Literary usage of Fleshes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ancient laws of Ireland by Ireland, John O'Donovan, Eugene O'Curry, William Neilson Hancock, Thaddeus O'Mahony, Alexander George Richey, William Maunsell Hennessy, Robert Atkinson (1901)
"He has three living fleshes, and three red fleshes, and three boiled fleshes. He has an ever-full cauldron. He has of land, the land of six times seventeen ..."

2. An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland: From the Reign of by William Alexander (1841)
"... all persons whatsoever to sell and break all sorts of fleshes on every lawful day of the week and that in all the Burghs and Touns of this Kingdom free ..."

3. Ancient Laws and Customs of the Burghs of Scotland by Robert Renwick, Scotland (1868)
"J-hey shall swear faithfully to apprise fleshes according to the price at which beasts are sold in the country, and that in so doing they will spare no one ..."

4. The Story of the Irish Race: A Popular History of Ireland by Seumas MacManus (1921)
"The three fleshes were those of an ox, a wether, and a hog. The three living fleshes must be at hand, fattened, and ready for immediate killing; ..."

5. Animal Proteins by Hugh Garner Bennett (1921)
"The fleshes are separated, cooled and then stocked for 30 minutes to ... The fleshes are again sprinkled with cod oil, restocked for a few hours and dried ..."

6. Animal Proteins by Hugh Garner Bennett (1921)
"The fleshes are separated, cooled and then stocked for 30 minutes to ... The fleshes are again sprinkled with cod oil, restocked for a few hours and dried ..."

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