English
flense
Flense comes from Danish flense.
- Danishmodernflense
- Englishearliest quotation 1974same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Danishmodernflense
- Englishearliest quotation 1974same form
Earliest quotation: 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur: “In this domain right sex is capital, it flenses…”
Every English word from Danish flense
Today it means
verb To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Danish flense / flense