Bacon > define

noun

• Back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried.
• 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.
  • synonyms: Roger Bacon
• English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626. ).
  • synonyms: Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans