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21flitch — flɪtʃ n. side of salted and cured pork; fish steak; beam, board (Carpentry) …
22flitch — [[t]flɪtʃ[/t]] n. 1) coo a side of bacon salted and cured 2) bui a) a piece, as a board, bolted together with others to form a beam b) a thin piece of wood, as a veneer c) a bundle of veneers, arranged as cut from the log • Etymology: bef. 900;… …
23flitch — see FLESH …
24flitch beam — noun a compound beam made of an iron plate between two slabs of wood …
25flitch beam — /ˈflɪtʃ bim/ (say flich beem) noun a beam formed by sandwiching a thin iron plate between two pieces of timber. Also, flitched beam …
26flitch plate — A reinforcing plate for chassis members or wheel arches …
27Dunmow flitch — At Great Dunmow, Essex, a custom now takes place every year which can definitely trace its history back at least 600 years. In the earliest known form, any man who had been married for more than a year without ever regretting it or wishing… …
28(the) Dunmow Flitch — the Dunmow Flitch [the Dunmow Flitch] a very large piece of ↑bacon which is regularly given in the ↑Essex village of Great Dunmow as a prize to a man and woman who can prove that, after being married for at least a year and a day, they have never …
29Dunmow Flitch — a very large piece of bacon which is regularly given in the Essex village of Great Dunmow as a prize to a man and woman who can prove that, after being married for at least a year and a day, they have never once wished that they were not married …
30Flitched — 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
