flitch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flitch	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for flitch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flitch n fish steak usually cut from a halibut salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork Synonym(s): flitch, side of bacon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flitch \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flitch \Flitch\, n.; pl. {Flitches}. [OE. flicche, flikke, AS. flicce, akin to Icel. flikki; cf. Icel. fl[c6]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. 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.]