Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FLESH, v.t.

1. To initiate; a sportman's use of the word, from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh.
2. To harden; to accustom; to establish in any practice, as dogs by often feeding on any thing. Men fleshed in cruelty; women fleshed in malice. – Sidney.
3. To glut; to satiate. The wild dog / Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. – Shak.