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flitch

noun

  1. the cured and salted side of a hog; side of bacon
  2. a lengthwise strip or beam cut from a tree trunk
  3. either of two thick boards bolted together with a steel plate between them to form a beam ()

transitive verb

to cut so as to form flitches

See flitch in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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