| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun flitch.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (flitch) | 1. Fish steak usually cut from a halibut.[Wordnet]. 2. Salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork.[Wordnet]. 3. The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon.[Websters]. 4. One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam.[Websters]. 5. The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab.[Websters]. | |
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Date "FLITCHES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Specialty Definition: flitch
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] The side of a hog salted and cured.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Industry | 1: A large piece from the side of a log, (i. e. clear of the pith), which is sawn or hewn on two or more sides, waney, bevel-edged or square-edged, and intended for further conversion. Source: European Union. (references) | 2: A package of sheets of veneer laid together in the sequence of their cutting. Source: European Union. (references) | 3: A piece of sawn or hewn timber intended for further conversion. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Specialty Expressions: flitch
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Dunmow Flitch | Literature | 1: Since you were married man and wife, 2: "You shall swear, by the custom of our confession 3: Wished yourselves unmarried again; 4: That you never made any nuptial transgression 5: Repented not in thought any way. 6: Or, since the parish clerk said `Amen.' 7: Or, in a twelvemonth and a day, 8: The oath administered was in the doggerel subjoined: 9: By household brawls or contentious strife: 10: If to these terms, without all fear, 11: Of your own accord you will freely swear, 12: A gammon of bacon you shall receive, 13: And bear it hence with our good leave. 14: For this is our custom at Dunmow well known - 15: The sport is ours, but the bacon your own." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: flitch | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Flitch Green | 7 | Flitch | 4 | |
| Flitch | 4 | Flitch (wood) | 2 | |
| Flitch beam | 3 | Flitch beam | 3 | |
| Flitch (wood) | 2 | Flitch Green | 7 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
