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Definition of Flitch

Flitch
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.
Flitch
Flitch Flitch, n.; pl. Flitches. [OE. flicche, flikke, AS. flicce, akin to Icel. flikki; cf. Icel. fl[=i]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.]

Meaning of Flitch from wikipedia

- Flitch can refer to the following things: Flitch (wood), a piece of wood for resawing into smaller pieces Flitch (bacon), a side of unsliced bacon The...
- A flitch beam (or flitched beam) is a compound beam used in the construction of houses, decks, and other primarily wood-frame structures. Typically, the...
- The awarding of a flitch of bacon to married couples who can swear to not having regretted their marriage for a year and a day is an old tradition, the...
- broken down by a resaw or a gang edger into multiple flitches and/or boards. Edging will take the flitch and trim off all irregular edges leaving four-sided...
- The Flitch of Bacon is a 1778 comic opera composed by William Shield with a libretto by Henry Bate Dudley. It is inspired by the Flitch of Bacon tradition...
- The Flitch of Bacon is an 1854 historical novel by the British writer William Harrison Ainsworth. It was originally serialised in The New Monthly Magazine...
- The Flitch of Bacon may refer to: The Flitch of Bacon (opera), a 1778 comic opera composed by William Shield The Flitch of Bacon (novel), an 1854 novel...
- Braintree has been preserved, and is managed by Es**** County Council as the Flitch Way linear park. Two local groups volunteer to improve the site and campaign...
- He was chef patron of a gastro pub in Little Dunmow, Es****, named The Flitch of Bacon, which held one Michelin star from 2018 to 2021. Daniel is married...
- publishes on Thursdays. The town is known for its four-yearly ritual of the "Flitch Trials", in which couples must convince a jury of six local bachelors and...