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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fleshed \Fleshed\, a.
     1. Corpulent; fat; having flesh.
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     2. Glutted; satiated; initiated.
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              Fleshed with slaughter.               --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              Full bravely hast thou fleshed
              Thy maiden sword.                     --Shak.
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              The wild dog
              Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. --Shak.
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     2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom.
        "Fleshed in triumphs." --Glanvill.
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              Old soldiers
              Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. --Beau.
                                                    & Fl.
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     3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc.,
        from, as from hides.
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