flenser
See also: Flenser
English edit
Etymology edit
From Danish flense or Dutch vlensen, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *flintaz-, from Proto-Indo-European *splind- (“to split, cleave”), from *(s)plei- (“to split”).[1].
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɛnsə(ɹ)
Noun edit
flenser (plural flensers)
- One who flenses (cuts blubber from a whale carcass)
Translations edit
one who flenses
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References edit
- “flense”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “flense”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.