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flitch (flic̸h)

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 (flitch beam)

Etymology: ME flicche < OE flicce, akin to ON flikki < IE base *plē, *plēi-, to tear (off) > flay

transitive verb

to cut so as to form flitches

Etymology: < the n.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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