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Webster 1913 Edition
Bacon
Ba′con
,Noun.
[OF.
bacon
, fr. OHG. bacho
, bahho
, flitch of bacon, ham; akin to E. back
. Cf. Back
the back side.] The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.
Bacon beetle
(Zool.)
, a beetle (
– Dermestes lardarius
) which, especially in the larval state, feeds upon bacon, woolens, furs, etc. See Dermestes
. To save one’s bacon
, to save one's self or property from harm or loss.
[Colloq.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Bacon
BA'CON
,Noun.
Hog's flesh, salted or pickled and dried, usually in smoke.
To save one's bacon, is to preserve one's self from harm.