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| 1. | the back and sides of the hog, salted and dried or smoked, usually sliced thin and fried for food. |
| 2. | Also called white bacon. South Midland and Southern U.S. pork cured in brine; salt pork. |
| 3. | bring home the bacon,
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| 4. | save one's bacon, Informal. to allow one to accomplish a desired end; spare one from injury or loss: Quick thinking saved our bacon. |
[bey-kuhn] | 1. | Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans), 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman. |
| 2. | Francis, 1910–92, English painter, born in Ireland. |
| 3. | Henry, 1866–1924, U.S. architect. |
| 4. | Nathaniel, 1647–76, American colonist, born in England: leader of a rebellion in Virginia 1676. |
| 5. | Roger (“The Admirable Doctor”), 1214?–94?, English philosopher and scientist. |
| ba·con (bā'kən) n. The salted and smoked meat from the back and sides of a pig. [Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.] |
| Ba·con 1 (bā'kən) English philosopher, essayist, courtier, jurist, and statesman. His writings include The Advancement of Learning (1605) and the Novum Organum (1620), in which he proposed a theory of scientific knowledge based on observation and experiment that came to be known as the inductive method. |
| Bacon 2, Francis 1909-1992. Irish-born British painter best known for his portraits in which subjects are distorted and invested with feelings of terror. |
| Bacon, Nathaniel 1647-1676. English-born American colonist who led Bacon's Rebellion (1676), in which a group of frontiersmen captured and burned Jamestown in an attempt to gain reforms and greater participation in the government of Virginia. |
| Bacon, Roger Known as "Doctor Mirabilis." 1214?-1292. English friar, scientist, and philosopher whose Opus Majus (1267) argued that Christian studies should encompass the sciences. |
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bacon
a side of a pig that, after removal of the spare ribs, is cured, either dry or in pickle, and smoked. Some varieties, notably Canadian bacon, are cut from the loin portion of the pork, which is more lean
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