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FLITCHES
Noun
flitches
plural of flitch
Anagrams
• festlich
Source: Wiktionary
FLITCH
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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