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.
Flitch (?), n.;
pl. Flitches (#). [OE. flicche,
flikke, AS. flicce, akin to Icel. flikki; cf.
Icel. flīk 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.]
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