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Webster 1913 Edition
Flitch
Flitch
,Noun.
pl.
Flitches
(#)
. [OE. ]
flicche
, flikke
, AS. flicce
, akin to Icel. flikki
; cf. Icel. flīk
flap, tatter; perh. akin to E. fleck
. Cf. Flick
, Noun.
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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Flitch
FLITCH
, n.The side of a hog salted and cured.