FLITCH

flitch. Flitch, n. a side of bacon, the side of a dried hog

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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. 1. The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon. Swift.
2. 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. 3. The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab.