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Word of the Day - Flense
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flense
Pronunciation: /flɛns/
(also flench)
verb
[WITH OBJECT]
1 Slice the skin or fat from (a carcass, especially that of a whale)
1.1 Strip (skin or fat) from a carcass.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Danish flensa.
The
Danes deigned to share this word with us. Mostly between the 1600s and 1800s vessels from all along the Atlantic coast set out to sea, chasing these amazing whales to flense their carcasses, notably to collect their oil. For some reason which entirely escapes me, ships from some countries still do this.
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