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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
flense .
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Examples
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Three days after, when the carcass of the _cachalot_ had been "flensed" and tried out, and the whaler had once more proceeded upon her cruise, she chanced upon a spot where the sea was strewn with a variety of objects, among which were two or three spars of a ship, and several empty water-casks.
The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850
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From the findings, flensed of any controversy (and, thus, wider attention), it would appear that a couple of minutes of white noise would do the trick just as nicely.
Better Than Cialis? Researchers Say TV Ads Heighten Pleasure 2009
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Individual wiki-editors would be the saints and prophets whose words were flensed for meaning.
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I kept my future self awake while I flensed him over a period of a couple of days.
Never ask a sales person for advice amuchmoreexotic 2008
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If I am proficient with a dagger, I do not need a special knife for skinning animals (and I say this as someone who has, in RL, skinned — — and flensed — — everything from deer to lions to groundhogs to an ostrich; yes, really).
"The echo there, of me and you." greygirlbeast 2008
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In the past, the White House has flensed its turncoats with the expertise of a 19th century New England whaleman.
Roberts: White House says 'not the Scott McClellan we knew' 2008
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It was nice to see all of that flensed so effortlessly.
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It was nice to see all of that flensed so effortlessly.
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 Danny laughs in his face, only to get hung up on MEATHOOKS, and the symbol of Shou Lao “flensed” read: burned off from his chest.
Review: Immortal Iron Fist #23 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Daniel Rand has been through hell…Â Beaten, isolated, the brand of the Iron Fist flensed from his skin, he has still somehow managed to mobilize and reunite his fellow weapons, only to find himself faced with ANOTHER Iron Fist, this one the first of his line.
Review: Immortal Iron Fist #25 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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