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flē̆sh
n.
411 quotations in 16 senses
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(a) The flesh of the human body; esp., the muscular, gristly, and glandular portions (as opposed to blood vessels, bones, fat, hair, ligaments, nerves, skin, etc.); (b) corresponding portions of an…
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beflaien
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(a) To skin or flay (sb.);
beflaien quik
, skin alive; (b) to fleece or plunder (sb.).
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