'Fleshing' definitions:
Definition of 'Fleshing'
From: GCIDE
- Flesh \Flesh\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleshed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleshing.]
- 1. To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time. [1913 Webster]
- Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The wild dog Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. "Fleshed in triumphs." --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- Old soldiers Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Fleshing'
- After the flesh,
- Flesh,
- Fleshed,
- Fleshings,
- Fleshly,
- flesh out,
- fleshed out,
- in the flesh,
- An arm of flesh,
- Flesh and blood,
- Flesh broth,
- Flesh fly,
- Flesh meat,
- Flesh side,
- Flesh tint,
- Flesh worm,
- Goose flesh,
- Proud flesh,
- To be one flesh,
- To walk after the flesh,
- To walk in the flesh,
- flesh eater,
- flesh eating,
- flesh wound,
- thorn in the flesh,
- Neither fish nor flesh,
- flesh-colored,
- flesh-coloured,
- flesh-eating,
- to go the way of all flesh