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fleet chief petty officer
Fleet Street
fleeting
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Flemish bond
Flemish school
flense
flesh
flesh and blood
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flesh color
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flense

flense [ flenss ] (past and past participle flensed, present participle flens·ing, 3rd person present singular flens·es) or flench [ flench ] (past and past participle flenched, present participle flench·ing, 3rd person present singular flench·es)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
strip skin or blubber from animal: to strip the skin or blubber from a whale or seal

[Early 19th century. < Danish flensa]

flens·er noun
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