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Definition of Flense

Flense
Flense Flense, v. t. [Cf. Dan. flense, D. vlensen, vlenzen, Scot. flinch.] To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. the flensed carcass of a fur seal. --U. S. Census (1880).

Meaning of Flense from wikipedia

- the processing of whales was primarily done as****. Where the whale was flensed differed between the English and Dutch. The English brought the whale to...
- with caraway seeds" fjeld, "a barren plateau of the Scandinavian upland" flense, "to strip of blubber or skin" Ombudsman, “Ombudsmand” Window, “vindue”...
- their attackers, which further enrages the Patricians' commander, Colonel Flense. To Fereyd's surprise, Gaunt insists that the factory must be destro****...
- explosively killed. Colonel Flense also attempted to get his revenge on Gaunt and the Ghosts, as Gaunt had field-executed Flense's father, General Aldo Dercius...
- kayak. There is a statue on either side of him depicting women working. In one, two women catch the fish and in the other they flense and clean the fish....
- Inuit subsistence whaling, 2007. A beluga whale is flensed for its maktaaq (skin), an important source of vitamin C....
- Fin whale being flensed at the Hvalfjörður whaling station in Iceland, showing the baleen bristles used to filter prey organisms...
- the coast of Bequia. The island is uninhabited but is used by whalers to flense their catches. That practice is now limited by law to conserve the endangered...
- A beluga whale is flensed in Buckland, Alaska in 2007, valued for its muktuk which is an important source of vitamin C in the diet of some Inuit....
- in hauling harpooned whales onto the main deck, where they are usually flensed. To achieve a safe launch of some types of land-based lifeboats in bad...