What does flitch mean?
Definitions for flitch
flɪtʃflitch
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Princeton's WordNet
flitchnoun
fish steak usually cut from a halibut
flitch, side of baconnoun
salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork
Wiktionary
flitchnoun
The side of an animal, now only a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon.
Etymology: flicce, from flikjan.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Flitchnoun
Etymology: flicce , Saxon; flycke, Danish; fleche, floche, French. Skinner.
But heretofore ’twas thought a sumptuous feast,
On birthdays, festivals, or days of state,
A salt dry flitch of bacon to prepare;
If they had fresh meat, ’twas delicious fare. John Dryden, Juv.While he from out the chimney took
A flitch of bacon off the hook,
Cut out large slices to be fry’d. Jonathan Swift.He sometimes accompanies the present with a flitch of bacon. Addison.
Webster Dictionary
Flitchnoun
the side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon
Flitchnoun
one of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam
Flitchnoun
the outside piece of a sawed log; a slab
Etymology: [See Flitch, n.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Flitch
flich, n. the side of a hog salted and cured. [A.S. flicce; Ice. flikki.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
flitch
The outside cut or slab of a tree.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of flitch in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of flitch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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