ˈflitchen Obs. exc. dial.
Also 4 flucchen, 7 flitchin.
[f. flitch n.1 + -en1.]
= flitch.
| 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. x. 189 Þauȝ þei don hem to [donmowe..] To folewen aftur þe Flucchen, fecche þei hit neuere. 1658 MS. Inv. of Goods (Nares) Fower flitchins of bacon in the chimney. 1786 Lond. Mag. Mar. 158 Bacon As good as e'er cut off a flitchen. 1804 J. Duncumb Hist. Hereford I. 213/1 Gloss. 1879 in G. F. Jackson Shropsh. Word-bk. |