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Answer for the clue "Hog side ", 6 letters:
flitch

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The side of an animal, now only a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon. vb. (cx transitive English) To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. fish steak usually cut from a halibut salted and cured abdominal wall of a side of pork [syn: side of bacon ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flitch \Flitch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flitched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flitching .] [See Flitch , n.] To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips; as, to flitch logs; to flitch bacon.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"side of bacon," Middle English flicche (c.1200), "side of a slaughtered animal," especially the salted and cured side of a hog, from Old English flicce "flitch of bacon, ham," from Proto-Germanic *flekkja (cognates: Old Norse flikki , Middle Low German ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Flitch can refer to the following things: Flitch (wood) , a piece of wood for resawing into smaller pieces Flitch (bacon) , a side of unsliced bacon The flitch trials of Great Dunmow