In a message dated 4/28/1999 6:45:45 PM, Mark wrote: <<I thought flitches (sp?) were the rounded bits sawn off a logg to make it square.>> Mark; Flitch is the correct spelling here and it really has three meanings, I think :-) 1. A long cut from a tree trunk. ( your meaning might fit here) 2. Pieces that when put together form a whole. (Mark Storys' meaning?) 3. My Grandfather called his slabs of bacon in the smokehouse "flitches", although I am not sure if this was a common practice. Jim Bryant (FL)
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