Flitch

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flitch \Flitch\, n.; pl. {Flitches}. [OE. flicche, flikke, AS.
     flicce, akin to Icel. flikki; cf. Icel. fl[imac]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.
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     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.
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     3. The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab. [Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Flitch \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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  flitch
       n 1: fish steak usually cut from a halibut
       2: salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork [syn: {side
          of bacon}]