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Definition of Flitches

Flitches
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 Flitches 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...
- 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...
- failed to claim the flitch. In the first half of the nineteenth century, several flitches were awarded privately: in 1830 a silver flitch was given to the...
- 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...
- Flitch Green is a civil parish in the Uttlesford district of Es****, England. It consists of a housing development built outside the village of Little Dunmow...
- 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...
- 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...
- trunk of a tree or by slicing large rectangular blocks of wood known as flitches. The appearance of the grain and figure in wood comes from slicing through...