flense

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flense - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           the flensed carcass of a fur seal.       --U. S. Census
                                                    (1880).
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flense - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  flense
      v 1: strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal)