flitch
noun
the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured.
flitched
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past participleof flitch.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof flitch.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
flitchnounthe side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured.
Example Sentences
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Then it is hauled up with a steam winch and towed to a whaling station in some bay on the coast, where it is flitched.
From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Sven Anders Hedin
