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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.

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