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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”...
- 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...
- their attackers, which further enrages the Patricians' commander, Colonel Flense. To Fereyd's surprise, Gaunt insists that the factory must be destro****...
- Fin whale being flensed at the Hvalfjörður whaling station in Iceland, showing the baleen bristles used to filter prey organisms...
- blubber eaten as a snack while the rest of the whale meat is butchered (flensed) for later consumption. When boiled, this snack is known as unaaliq. Raw...
- Inuit subsistence whaling, 2007. A beluga whale is flensed for its maktaaq (skin), an important source of vitamin C....
- 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 part to this group. The Thule, one of the first floating factories to flense whales at sea, belonged to the Thule Whaling Company of Oslo. It operated...
- "right" whale continued to float long after being killed, it was possible to 'flense' or strip the whale of blubber without having to take it on board ship....