| 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. The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 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. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |