Flensing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who flenses; the operation of stripping off blubber.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of flense form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY (1968), page 59, All he knew about flensing knives was that they were used to strip blubber from whale carcasses."

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flayflayfleeceskin

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"1968, Bryce Walton, Harpoon Gunner, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, NY (1968), page 59, All he knew about flensing knives was that they were used to strip blubber from whale carcasses."

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