bacon
Nouns
- (n) back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
- (n) English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292) Roger Bacon,
- (n) English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626) 1st Baron Verulam, Baron Verulam, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans,