To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.
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).
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.
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.