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flitch [flich]
(materials) A section that is cut from a log and subsequently manufactured into veneer or lumber. Sheets of veneer that are stacked in sequence as they have been cut from a log. A longitudinal section of a log, sometimes having bark on one or more edges. flitch 1. A portion sawn from a log and normally manufactured into veneer or lumber. 2. Sheets of veneer, stacked in sequence, as cut from the log. 3. A thick timber cut with bark on one or more edges. 4. A board which forms part of a flitch beam. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | But to be a town councilor and discuss how many dustmen are needed, and how chimneys shall be constructed in the town in which I don't live--to serve on a jury and try a peasant who's stolen a flitch of bacon, and listen for six hours at a stretch to all sorts of jabber from the counsel for the defense and the prosecution, and the president cross-examining my old half-witted Alioshka, 'Do you admit, prisoner in the dock, the fact of the removal of the He looked at the small remains of a flitch, and then looked undecidedly at Pigling. I trust well that a fool---I mean, d'ye see me, sirs, a fool that is free of his guild and master of his craft, and can give as much relish and flavour to a cup of wine as ever a flitch of bacon can---I say, brethren, such a fool shall never want a wise clerk to pray for or fight for him at a strait, while I can say a mass or flourish a partisan. |
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