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flense

/ˈflɛns/
[ˈfl̥ɛns]
/ˈflɪns/ pin pen merger
[ˈfl̥ɪ̟ns] pin pen merger

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Borrowed from Danish flense (now spelled flænse).

verb flenses · flensing · flensed · flench · flinch

To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. In this domain right sex is capital, it flenses the feelings of all the poisonous artifices brought in by the think-box in the guise of clever ideas.
Similar: flay, fleece, skin

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verb To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc

Deutsch	flensen
Русский	сдирать sdiratʹ

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@misc{flense_2026,
  title = {flense},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flense},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}