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Flesher

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as flesh-split: commonly applied to sheepskin.
  • noun. A butcher.
  • noun. An executioner.
  • noun. In leather manufacturing, one who fleshes hides.
  • noun. A tool used to flesh hides.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A butcher.
  • noun. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person who removes the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
  • noun. A tool used to remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
  • Word Usage
    "When my mother had got her fish laid at the bottom of the creel, she next went to the "flesher" for her butcher-meat."
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    butcher