Flitches

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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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