About The Word Flitch
Learn about the word Flitch to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Flitch definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Flitch
| Flitch Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Flitch?
[n] salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork
[n] fish steak usually cut from a halibut Synonyms | Synonyms for Flitch: side of bacon Related Terms | Find terms related to Flitch: See Also | bacon | fish steak | gammon | side of pork Flitch In Webster's Dictionary \Flitch\, n.; pl. {Flitches}. [OE. flicche, flikke, AS.
flicce, akin to Icel. flikki; cf. Icel. fl[=i]k 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.]
\Flitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flitched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flitching}.] [See {Flitch}, n.] To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips; as, to flitch logs; to flitch bacon. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Elementary school ‐ a school for young children; usually the first 6…
- Press stud ‐ a fastener used…
- Butterfly valve ‐ a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and…
- Cuirass ‐ medieval body armor that covers the…
- Stole ‐ a wide scarf worn about their…
- European perch ‐ a perch native…
- Anseriformes ‐ ducks; geese; swans;…
- Tepic ‐ a city in west…
- Actinomycin ‐ any of various red antibiotics isolated from…
- Pluckiness ‐ the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible…