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Flitch

Flitch Meaning & Definition
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.

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