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Flitch
Pronunciation : Flitch
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [OE. flicche, flikke, AS. flicce, akin to Icel. flikki; cf. Icel. flik flap, tatter; perh. akin to E. fleck. Cf. Flick, n.]
Definition : 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.]
pl. Flitches.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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