bacon
     n 1: back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually
          sliced thin and fried
     2: 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) [syn: Roger Bacon]
     3: English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British
        empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)
        [syn: Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam,
         1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans]