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. Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. Shak. The wild dog Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. Shak.
2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. "Fleshed in triumphs." Glanvill. Old soldiers Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. Beau. & Fl.
3. (Leather Manufacture)
Defn: To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides.
FLESHED
Fleshed, a.
1. Corpulent; fat; having flesh.
2. Glutted; satiated; initiated. Fleshed with slaughter. Dryden.
FLESHER
Flesh"er, n.
1. A butcher. A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down. Macaulay.
2. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.