flitch vs spackle

flitch

verb
  • To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips. 

noun
  • The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon. 

  • A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber). 

spackle

verb
  • To fill gaps with something, as if spackling; to speckle 

  • To fill or repair with a plastic paste. 

  • To fill cracks or holes with a spackle. 

noun
  • Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster. 

  • A plastic paste meant for filling cracks and holes in plaster. 

  • A paste-like substance that fills a gap. 

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