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FLITCH
flitch, side of bacon
(noun) salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork
flitch
(noun) fish steak usually cut from a halibut
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
flitch (plural flitches)
The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber).
Verb
flitch (third-person singular simple present flitches, present participle flitching, simple past and past participle flitched)
(transitive) To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.
Source: Wiktionary
Flitch, n.; pl. Flitches. Etym: [OE. flicche, flikke, AS. flicce, akin to Icel. flikki; cf. Icel. flik flap, tatter; perh. akin to E. fleck. Cf. Flick, n.]
1. The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon. Swift.
2. One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam.
3. The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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