ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FLITCH
Old English flicce; related to Old Norse flikki, Middle Low German vlicke, Norwegian flika.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FLITCH
PRESENT
Present
I flitch
you flitch
he/she/it flitches
we flitch
you flitch
they flitch
Present continuous
I am flitching
you are flitching
he/she/it is flitching
we are flitching
you are flitching
they are flitching
Present perfect
I have flitched
you have flitched
he/she/it has flitched
we have flitched
you have flitched
they have flitched
Present perfect continuous
I have been flitching
you have been flitching
he/she/it has been flitching
we have been flitching
you have been flitching
they have been flitching
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I flitched
you flitched
he/she/it flitched
we flitched
you flitched
they flitched
Past continuous
I was flitching
you were flitching
he/she/it was flitching
we were flitching
you were flitching
they were flitching
Past perfect
I had flitched
you had flitched
he/she/it had flitched
we had flitched
you had flitched
they had flitched
Past perfect continuous
I had been flitching
you had been flitching
he/she/it had been flitching
we had been flitching
you had been flitching
they had been flitching
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will flitch
you will flitch
he/she/it will flitch
we will flitch
you will flitch
they will flitch
Future continuous
I will be flitching
you will be flitching
he/she/it will be flitching
we will be flitching
you will be flitching
they will be flitching
Future perfect
I will have flitched
you will have flitched
he/she/it will have flitched
we will have flitched
you will have flitched
they will have flitched
Future perfect continuous
I will have been flitching
you will have been flitching
he/she/it will have been flitching
we will have been flitching
you will have been flitching
they will have been flitching
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would flitch
you would flitch
he/she/it would flitch
we would flitch
you would flitch
they would flitch
Conditional continuous
I would be flitching
you would be flitching
he/she/it would be flitching
we would be flitching
you would be flitching
they would be flitching
Conditional perfect
I would have flitch
you would have flitch
he/she/it would have flitch
we would have flitch
you would have flitch
they would have flitch
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been flitching
you would have been flitching
he/she/it would have been flitching
we would have been flitching
you would have been flitching
they would have been flitching
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you flitch
we let´s flitch
you flitch
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
flitching
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLITCH»
Discover the use of
flitch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
flitch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
From
Flitch to Ash: A Musing on Trees and Carving
Flitch: the artist's process begins--a piece of wood cut from a tree trunk Ash: the process ends--two decades of soul-revealing carvings destroyed by arson "On October 7, 1987, in San Diego, a disgruntled worker set fire to the storage ...
2
Structural Wood Design: A Practice-Oriented Approach
4.6 FLITCH BEAMS A flitch beam is a composite section comprised of a steel
plate placed between wood members or steel plates or channels attached to
opposite sides of an existing wood beam. These are typically used where a solid
wood ...
Abi Aghayere, Jason Vigil, 2007
3
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Woodworking
Color variation will eliminate more boards, especially after you've already chosen
a board or two and have to find ones with similar color. The best way to match
boards is to buy ones that have been flitch-cut from the same tree. Boards from ...
4
Transformer Engineering: Design, Technology, and ...
without slots with slots of limited with slots of full laminated flitch plate length
length Figure 5.8 Types of flitch plates. Stray flux departing radially from the inner
windings hits fittings such as flitch plates mounted on the core. On the surface of
a ...
S.V. Kulkarni, S.A. Khaparde, 2012
5
Marriage Customs of the World: From Henna to Honeymoons
The custom was revived in 1855 after the publication of a romantic novel by a
popular writer of the time, William Harrison Ainsworth, The Flitch of Bacon,or the
custom of Dunmow,a Tale of English Home Life (published in 1854). The novelist
...
6
The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations
sion, the presence of J. E. Crawford Flitch was felt at every turn. Crawford Flitch
was a remarkable amateur, the first translator of Unamuno into English, and his
1921 version, the third language version chronologically, was collated with every
...
Miguel de Unamuno, Anthony Kerrigan, Martin Nozick, 1977
U ndesirable Movement 0 f Wood on Slicer The wood flitch is generally held
against the bed on a vertical or horizontal slicer with dogs. In some vertical and
all horizontal slicers, gravity helps hold the back of the flitch against the flitch bed.
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Wood Veneer: Log Selection, Cutting, and Drying
Undesirable Movement of Wood on Slicer The wood flitch is generally held
against the bed on a vertical or horizontal slicer with dogs. In some vertical and
all horizontal slicers, gravity helps hold the back of the flitch against the flitch bed.
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speech speech speech speech speech speech speech speech speech speech ...
Send mahogany, wrote Flitch. More cedar arrived. So Flitch refused payment.
Cedar again. Flitch had no trouble selling it. But he had ordered cedar and
mahogany. He did not recognize insubordination. Peters arrived in Sydney. Flitch
was ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLITCH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
flitch is used in the context of the following news items.
Humbugs bring in six new players to strengthen promotion hopes
... Essex and Suffolk Border League Division One side Hedinghams United a week on Saturday, with friendlies against Flitch United, Kelvedon, ... «Suffolk Free Press, Jul 15»
More could be done to promote cycling legacy in Uttlesford after …
Stuart Carmichael, from Flitch Bikes, told the Broadcast: “The Tour has always helped promote cycling enthusiasm, but more so since it came to ... «Dunmow Broadcast, Jul 15»
Dunmow welcomes Norwegian rotarians
... be spotted punting in Cambridge on the River Cam, lunching at the Flitch Club and barbequing with fellow Rotarians John and Jenny Versey. «Dunmow Broadcast, Jun 15»
Dunmow theatre group uses donation to buy new equipment
The Arts Centre (Dunmow) has a new spotlight after a donation of £500 from Flitch Travel, which has just celebrated 18 years of business in the ... «Dunmow Broadcast, Jun 15»
Community figures disagree over future of cycling in Braintree after …
We could start with improving facilities on the Flitch Way. "But we've definitely seen a boom in business. We've witnessed a 15 per cent growth ... «Essex Chronicle, Jun 15»
George Nakashima (1905-1990) A thematic auction dedicated to a …
Aided by a small team of assistants, George Nakashima transformed flitch-cut wood into works of art. In the beginning, his output was limited to ... «ArtfixDaily, Jun 15»
8 Bizarre Marriage Rituals From The Past That Make Smushing …
... and publicly declared it, you would get a “flitch” (a slab) of bacon. He explains that one writer “traced [the custom] to an ancient institution of the lord Fitzwalter, ... «Bustle, Jun 15»
Midsummer House chef patron Daniel Clifford to appear on new …
This year, Daniel is set to open his first gastro pub, called Flitch of Bacon, at Little Dunmow. Another new venture is Morgan's Farm, Norton ... «Cambridge News, Jun 15»
Joggers out in force
On Sunday Bianca Burman completed the Flitch Way Half Marathon in a time of just over two hours while Steve Roulton completed the ... «Suffolk Free Press, Jun 15»
Magna Carta 800th anniversary celebrations in Uttlesford
The sign, which was commissioned by the parish council, depicts the village's Priory Church, the Dunmow Flitch Trials, the Essex breed of pigs ... «Herts and Essex Observer, Jun 15»
