Etymology

flense

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Today it means: To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. Full definition →

Danish flense
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  1. Danish · borrowed fromflense
  2. English todayflense

Borrowed from Danish flense (now spelled flænse).

Words from the same roots

Danishflense all →

flenser

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